DabKick Launches New AI Entertainment Device for TV
Dabby searches and plays any content found online, on TV, with a simple voice command
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 25, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today DabKick launched a crowdfunding campaign for Dabby, a radically new AI entertainment device that can search and play any content that is online, on a TV, with a simple voice command. Dabby is now available for the early bird price of $149 on Kickstarter.
Dabby eliminates the clutter around TV by replacing all current streaming devices with a thin wireless stand-alone touch device and a small TV dongle. Its AI content engine allows for instant streaming, and because it is not app-based, there's no need for users to download multiple apps or app-hop.
"Dabby is a streaming device that outdoes any others on the market," says founder and CEO Balaji Krishnan. "It is independent of the app ecosystem and can tap into any content available online or on other channels and provides the largest catalog of movies, TV Shows, News, Music etc compared to any other streaming device platform."
Dabby searches across a wide variety of content on the web so users can watch premium content like Netflix and Hulu, plus user-generated content like Instagram, Twitch, and Youtube, and even independent content.
Dabby includes a freestyle search for simple commands (ex. "Dabby, play Friends") and deep search for more elaborate searches (ex. "Dabby, play the Friends scene where Ross gets a tan").
While Dabby plays the best option available instantly on TV, it also presents other options on Dabby Touch display for easy browsing and discovering content. Using Dabby Touch display, one can easily control (like pause, play and even scrub) content on TV. Plus, with Dabby Touch's built-in proximity sensors and its seamless switching technology, one can easily switch content from one screen to the other screen seamlessly (like living room to bed room by simply walking from one screen to another)
It controls a dashboard of services and controls payment, keeping information and accounts on file in one central and secure location. It's the only streaming device that can play any user-generated content (ex. Instagram, Twitch) that is available online on a TV, while displaying user comments for a second screen experience. Dabby provides a "second screen experience" on its portable Dabby touch device. For example, users can watch highlights of a game on the Dabby touch display while watching a live game on TV, or users can chat with the Instagram or Twitch community while watching their videos on TV.
It's controlled via voice, or via a full HD touch display. Dabby also learns what a user likes to watch, and will automatically curate search results based on taste profile and preferences. Beyond streaming, Dabby lets users synchronously watch content like Netflix, ESPN and YouTube together with your friends while video chatting with them. Multiple TVs can be controlled by one Dabby and is also a stand-alone music player that can play music from free and paid sources.
"Home entertainment is in a state of device overload. With smart TVs, multiple streaming devices, smart speakers, voice assistants, and more, streaming content can be overwhelming and unnecessarily complex, quickly causing app exhaustion," says Krishnan. "Dabby is the perfect solution for cord cutters and anyone who loves entertainment. I'm so excited to bring it to living rooms everywhere."
The estimated delivery date of the first batch of Dabby to backers is by the end of 2019. For more information about the pledge levels, please visit the Kickstarter campaign. Media wishing to interview Dabby personnel should contact PR agent, Rosemary Newton at +1 (604) 358-3444.
About DabKick
Founded in 2014, DabKick is an entertainment technology company that provides software and hardware products to radically change the way people consume entertainment on their phones and on their TVs. Using DabKick's mobile social entertainment platform, apps can let their users to watch and enjoy videos, music, photos and memes together all on the same screen while video chatting with friends at the same time. With DabKick's hardware product called Dabby, users can watch any content on TV in a fraction of a second with a simple voice command. Funded by a team of international investors including Viaduct Ventures, GREE, PlugAndPlay and Digital Garage, DabKick is pioneering the future of entertainment consumption for this generation of viewers and creators.
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