Flipper Device’s new Busy Bar is a customizable display for productivity
The creators of Flipper Zero are launching the Busy Bar, an open-source customizable display designed to signal productivity and focus.
📍 How it ended
Flipper Devices introduced the Busy Bar, an open-source productivity and smart home control display. The device was designed to help users stay focused and was scheduled to go on sale in July.
Epilogue added 50d ago, after coverage quieted.
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The story so far
The Flipper Zero team has introduced the Busy Bar, a customizable productivity display. Described as a 'do-not-disturb' gadget, the device is designed to help users maintain focus and signal to others that they should not be interrupted.
Coverage from The Verge, TechCrunch, and XDA emphasizes that the tool is open-source. WIRED and PCMag characterize the gadget as a way to get people to leave the user alone while working.
According to The Verge, the Busy Bar is scheduled to go on sale next month.
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Coverage (10)
- The Folks Behind Beloved Hacker Tool Flipper Zero Have a New Device for Focus Gizmodo · 52d ago
- Busy Bar: Productivity gadget from inventor of the Flipper Zero appears in July heise online · 52d ago
- Flipper Devices launches Busy Bar to boost productivity and smart home control mezha.net · 52d ago
- Flipper Devices Introduces Busy Bar Productivity Gadget Zamin.uz · 52d ago
- The Flipper Zero creators’ Busy Bar productivity display will go on sale next month The Verge · 52d ago
- The Busy Bar is an open-source productivity tool that comes from the Flipper Zero team XDA · 52d ago
- Trouble Staying Focused? Try Flipper's Updated 'Do-Not-Disturb' Gadget PCMag · 52d ago
- The Flipper Zero creators’ Busy Bar productivity display will go on sale next month The Verge · 52d ago
- The Busy Bar Is a Gadget to Get People to Leave You Alone WIRED · 52d ago
- Flipper Device’s new Busy Bar is a customizable display for productivity TechCrunch · 52d ago broke it first
The obvious questions
What is the Busy Bar?
It is a customizable, open-source productivity display created by the Flipper Zero team.
When will the device be available?
The Verge reports that the Busy Bar will go on sale next month.
What is the primary purpose of the gadget?
The device is intended to help users stay focused and act as a 'do-not-disturb' signal for others.
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