The Flipper Zero creators’ Busy Bar productivity display will go on sale next month
The team behind Flipper Zero is entering the productivity hardware space with the upcoming release of the Busy Bar customizable display.
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The brief
The Busy Bar is a new open-source hardware device designed to manage workflow interruptions and signal focus status. It functions as a customizable, external display meant to alert others to a user's availability.
Coverage from outlets including The Verge, TechCrunch, PCMag, XDA, and WIRED emphasizes the device's connection to the Flipper Zero brand. Reports highlight the hardware's function as a "do-not-disturb" tool for users seeking to reduce workplace distractions.
Following the announcement, the public launch is scheduled for next month. Coverage does not yet specify pricing or technical specifications.
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Quick answers
What is the Busy Bar?
It is an open-source, customizable productivity display designed to help users signal their focus or availability to others.
Who is creating the Busy Bar?
The device is being produced by the team behind the Flipper Zero.
When can the public purchase the device?
According to reports, the Busy Bar is scheduled to go on sale next month.
Coverage (6)
- Flipper Devices Introduces Busy Bar Productivity Gadget Zamin.uz · 3h ago
- The Busy Bar is an open-source productivity tool that comes from the Flipper Zero team XDA · 3h ago
- Trouble Staying Focused? Try Flipper's Updated 'Do-Not-Disturb' Gadget PCMag · 3h ago
- Flipper Device’s new Busy Bar is a customizable display for productivity TechCrunch · 3h ago
- The Busy Bar Is a Gadget to Get People to Leave You Alone WIRED · 3h ago
- The Flipper Zero creators’ Busy Bar productivity display will go on sale next month The Verge · 3h ago
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