Homeon the dock · Orange
The face it sits on when it is charging. Press to bring the house up or put it to bed.
- Lights on or off
- Evening scene
- Warmer
- Cooler
- See the front door
HOW IT WORKS
Set it down. It knows.
What each of the six faces does out of the box, what you can change, what stays put, and how it works with your car, your TV, your music, your phone and your house.
What it does out of the box
Set the cube down on a face and that face wakes up. The other five keys become that face’s five jobs. Nothing to set up. Pick it up and it is ready for the next one.
Focusthe logo key · White
The key with the logo on it. Start a quiet block, hold it to talk, and let the room know you are busy.
- Start a quiet block
- Hold to talk
- Save a thought
- Next thing on the list
- Done for now
Watchthe right side · Red
Set it down on its red side and the five keys you can reach run whatever is on the screen.
- Play or pause
- Louder
- Quieter
- Skip ahead
- Off
Listenthe left side · Yellow
Yellow side down and the cube runs the speaker in the room, whichever speaker that is.
- Play or pause
- Next track
- Back a track
- Louder
- Move it to another room
Phonethe back · Green
The green face is for the things that keep pulling you back to the screen.
- Call a favorite
- What is next today
- Read new mail
- Hold to talk
- Find my phone
Playthe front · Blue
Blue side down and it is a controller. Tilt to steer, press to jump.
- A
- B
- X
- Y
- Start
The face resting on the table is the one in charge. That is the whole idea. You choose a face by putting the cube down, not by hunting through a menu.
What you can change
- What the keys doEvery one of the five jobs on a face is yours. Swap any of them for something else, in the app or right here on the site.
- The coloursAny face, any colour, and the frame too. Pick from the colours we print in, and the site wears your cube’s colours once you save it.
- The namesCall a face whatever you call it in your own house. Watch can be Telly. Phone can be Nan.
- The glowThere is a light under every key. Have it follow your colours, sit warm, breathe, or stay off.
- More facesSix is where everyone starts. Make a seventh of your own and swap it in whenever you like.
What stays put
Two things are fixed, and both are fixed for a good reason.
- Home lives on the bottomThe bottom face is the one touching the dock while the cube charges. Home sits there so the cube is always doing something useful while it sits on the desk overnight. You can rename it and recolour it. You cannot move it to another face.
- The bottom key is the charging keyThat key carries the charge from the dock. It presses like the others when the cube is in your hand, but while the cube is docked it is holding the dock, not waiting for a press. Nothing you set can change that.
Use it with
One cube, the things you already own. Each of these is a face you can set it down on.
Your Tesla in development
Set the cube in the cup holder and the car face wakes up.
- Put the cube down in the car and the five keys become the five things you reach for while driving.
- Press once to start the music you were listening to in the house.
- Press to warm the cabin before you get in, from the kitchen table.
- Press to open the charge port without taking your phone out.
- Hold a key and say where you want to go.
Your TV in development
Set it on the arm of the sofa and it is the remote nobody loses.
- Press to pause, and press again to carry on.
- Press for louder and press for quieter.
- Press to jump back thirty seconds when somebody talks over the good bit.
- Hold a key and say what you want to watch.
Your music in development
On the kitchen counter, next to the kettle.
- Press to play and press to stop.
- Press to skip, press to go back.
- Press to send the sound to another room.
- Hold a key and ask for something else.
Your phone in development
The face that gives you the phone without giving you the phone.
- Press to read the one message that matters and leave the rest.
- Press to call the person you call most.
- Press to put the phone to bed for an hour.
- Press to find it when it is down the back of the sofa.
Your house in development
This is the face it rests on while it charges, so it is the one you press on the way in.
- Press once and the lights come up.
- Press once and the house goes to bed.
- Press for warmer, press for cooler.
- Press to see who is at the front door.
Everything on this page is what the cube is being built to do. The parts are printed and in testing. Nothing here is for sale yet, and every line marked in development is on the way rather than finished.
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