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What inspired you to come up with the idea for the Flic smart button?
When my cofounder, Joacim Westlund, wanted to track his tobacco consumption, he developed an app for it. However, pulling out his phone and navigating through multiple apps to find the right one proved frustrating. That’s where the idea to make a device that made it easy to trigger these functions came from. From there, Joacim, Amir Sharifat and I developed a concept for creating Flic.
Is it difficult to set up a Flic button?
You just download the Flic app then you push the button to pair it to your smartphone, then you’re all set to go. [It’s] really quick and easy.
Is it possible to perform more than one action with each button?
Yes, you are able to trigger Flic in three different ways (click, double click and hold) meaning that you can have three different functions for your Flic [attached to each of these actions], but [these] can [all] easily be changed inside the app.
When do you hope the new ‘Flic: The Wireless Smart Button’ will be readily available to consumers?
The first 60,000 Flics that we sold during our crowdfunding campaign [are] being shipped as we speak. You can preorder Flic on our website at www.flic.io.
How long has it been in development?
We started more than two years ago. It’s been a tough, but very fun journey and we are so happy that Flic is finally here!
What is the most creative use you’ve found for the Flic button?
Home automation products - like controlling your lights or your Sonos speakers - has gotten a tremendous response. A distress button is also very popular. But then we also have some quirky use cases suggested from our backers; like the button to dim the lights red and start playing the song Let's Get It On by Barry White. We have an open SDK that is available for all developers so we are sure that we will see a huge amount of use-cases emerging when they get their hands on Flic.