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Whyd — Beautiful, great-sounding, voice-controlled speaker
Whyd makes a beautiful, great sounding, voice-controlled speaker.
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@hfauq hey Hugo - yeah, the social network gathers a community 100,000+ producers, concert venues, DJs, bloggers, artists and music lovers around the world. It's a great place for music curators to collect and share tracks they love. But we never found a way to make it a sustainable business. So we decided to Open source the platform and give the keys to the community.
We were unsatisfied with the existing home speakers on the market. Some of them have good audio quality but are completely lagging in software, and they're not pretty. They're giving a "black plastic box” vibe with clunky mobile applications and connections to streaming services. We've spent the past two years building the speaker we music lover want. A speaker that combines beautiful design, high-audio quality and the convenience of voice control.
Here's the track list:
Tides - ft Dannah - Four Lore: https://soundcloud.com/fourlore/...
Контроль - The Toxic Avenger: https://soundcloud.com/thetoxica...
From Sckratch - Savaan
Thanks!
Hi folks!
Two years ago, we started working on a new product: a voice-controlled speaker with a beautiful design and powerful sound.
Today, we're incredibly excited to unveil the new Whyd speaker!
It's a product born from our community, we're really building something for people like us -- who appreciate great sound and good design, and want a speaker that’s easy to use.
You can control your music by speaking directly to Whyd. Say “Play my summer playlist” or “Play M.I.A.”. You don’t need your phone and it's compatible with your favorite music services.
The speaker has very powerful audio capabilities. It delivers crystal clear sound with deep and dramatic bass at 360 degrees - enabled by 4 full range drivers and one dedicated subwoofer.
We've launched a beautiful website today and we are starting our pre-orders at a very friendly price.
And for the Product Hunt community, we’re offering a $50 discount on the preorder price! All you need to do is enter the code “PRODUCTHUNT” at checkout.
Thanks for your feedback and we're here to answer any question!
Whyd makes a voice-controlled speaker that's beautifully designed and has powerful sound. You can play music by talking directly to the speaker. Say “Play my morning mix” or “Play Drake”. You don’t need your phone. I've heard the sound that comes out of it and it sounds really good.
@zolihonig We’re using noise-cancellation at the hardware level, taking the music stream (ogg, flac...) and throwing it back to our noise cancellation processor so that it knows in real time what is music and what is voice. When it blasts too strong and user is far, voice control efficiency diminishes, but overall our voice recognition will work great in most environments, whether you’re alone at home or having some friends over.
@tony_anastasi Thanks! We worked with a great video team :) Shot with love in Paris. Music impacts our lives in so many ways!
The speaker can work autonomously after the setup or the speaker must be connected to my mobile phone ?
@kapsteur The speaker works autonomously. You don't need a phone other than for setup.
I see that you support Google Cast (which is amazing!) but do you support Google Play Music as the voice activated music supplier?
@infernocloud We are working on this, not sure yet. But we are close to the Google team.
Hey team, congratulations on your launch!
The design looks great, very sleek and it blends well with other pieces of furniture and styles in a room. That's something I always disliked in the Amazon Echo. I use the Echo on a daily basis, but it's the one piece in my living room that doesn't match the design of anything else (I've thought about modding it, like spraying it with a matte white color, so at least it doesn't look like a ritual monolith in the middle of my room).
I'm curious if you're thinking of other ways to differentiate yourselves from the Echo. From what I can see, design and the quality of the speaker are two of them. Are there any other features you'd consider killer features that would make an someone choose your product over the Echo?
Antonio
Awesome guys. I've tried an old prototype last year and i was already really impressed. Actually using Alexa (convenient) but the sounds quality is not their focus. Can't wait to try the new version of Whyd. Well done team 🔥👊🏻
Is it really necessary to have a woman with no lower half clothing on to sell this product? The product is interesting enough.
@frederickpolk I also found the girl being in her underwear a bit unnecessary (as attractive as she is).
@arthurgd3 @frederickpolk The video is about how music impacts our life and emotions. We wanted to follow that woman through her day, morning to night, from a "blue mood" to a "red mood", music (controlled by her voice) being the catalyst of her emotions. The underwear was an artistic choice from the director to show that she just got out of bed. We tried to do something creative & emotional, we never thought to use sexuality for marketing purpose. We're sorry if it raised confusion.
@jie @arthurgd3 @frederickpolk The speaker looks great but try to picture a man instead of the women and you'll see why it is very sexist.
@frederickpolk yeah, it's so out of touch! I find it hilarious (and cringy as hell). I can totally picture the CEO shouting "I want it sexy, sex sells!"
@jie @arthurgd3 @frederickpolk The idea that this was meant to 'follow her throughout her day' was completely opaqued by the fact that you had the need to zoom into her ass. There is no 'confusion' about the message here, other than for you.
Great take on speaker with amazing design. While being user of Amazon Echo and Sonos I know what this speaker brings to the table but Unfortunately there are few thing stopping me from pre ordering. Like,
- Google Home and Sonos's new speaker is just around the corner so I would like to see their take before going for Whyd.
- Pre Ordering from Newbie without any reliable mediator like Kickstarter or Indigogo where the item's shipping date is 5-6 month away.
Alexa is super awesome but it's not an audiophile's first choice. Looks great, @gillespoupardin.
@rrhoover Thanks Ryan! As music lovers, we wanted a speaker that both sounds great and looks beautiful!
@gillespoupardin @rrhoover how would you rank your product compared to an Echo? Looking to buy it to test at our office (or do you do partnership deals for startups having a similar vision to Whyd's? ;-) )
The speaker looks great, I'm definitely excited to pick one up if it holds its promises!
On a different note though, are you assuming only guys will buy this? I showed the ad to some female friends and they were all thoroughly weirded out by how oversexualized it is. If I imagine a half naked guy selling me the speaker, I would be weirded out too.
Good luck anyways, pumped to give it a try!
@fredericrenken Thanks! We're a team that values design a lot!
Here's the answer I made above to people who had the same reaction that your female friends:
The video is about how music impacts our life and emotions. We wanted to follow that woman through her day, morning to night, from a "blue mood" to a "red mood", music (controlled by her voice) being the catalyst of her emotions. The underwear was an artistic choice from the director to show that she just got out of bed. We tried to do something creative & emotional, we never thought to use sexuality for marketing purpose. We're sorry if it raised confusion.
Had a sneak peek of Whyd a few months back and it's amazing. Lossless quality at max volume and sound reach was impressive.
I've seen and heard this speaker. It has better voice recognition than Amazon Echo, sounds better than Sonos and aesthetically designed like an Apple product. This is going to change the game in the world of home speakers.
Very interesting product!
Interested to know where the voice recognition happens - is it reliant on Whyd's servers, or does it all occur locally?
Amazing video! Congrats! I had the chance to hear an early version and was astonished by the quality of the 360 sound.
What a story behind this start-up, I used their app in the early days and their path since then is incredible. Nice turn over guys, the product looks amazing! I wish you all the best.
I just fell inlove with this. Really good job guys. I cannot say anything about the sound quality yet of course, but if you keep your promise and it is good, I will definetely buy it! Not that expensive for what it is!
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