Bird Buddy, the startup behind a number of AI-powered good hen feeders, together with the not too long ago introduced good Hummingbird Feeder and Bird Bath, is immediately launching its latest product — and it’s not one other hen feeder. Instead, the corporate is debuting a brand new digital product referred to as Bird Buddy Explore, which permits anybody to browse feeds from Bird Buddy cameras world wide, together with in areas past the continental U.S. like Hawaii, Kenya, Chile and Bhutan.
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The function expands Bird Buddy’s attain to those that haven’t purchased the corporate’s feeders, permitting them to get pleasure from birdwatching, together with in areas and habitats past their very own backyards.
The firm notes there may be loads of content material for it to curate for this new function, as each week, two years’ value of interactions with nature are created and recorded inside the Bird Buddy app. In whole, greater than 1 million hen detections are logged by Bird Buddy good hen feeders world wide day-after-day.
To use Explore, you’ll obtain Bird Buddy’s flagship app for iOS or Android, which was beforehand designed just for house owners of the corporate’s hen feeders. Now, this app features a new Explore part designated by a “globe” icon the place you possibly can swipe via distant hen feeders in numerous areas world wide, then select which one you wish to watch by tapping “connect to feeder.” When you add a brand new feeder, you’ll then obtain its “postcards” — snapshots and movies of hen guests once they go to the feeder in that location.
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In addition to offering birdwatching feeds, the Explore function additionally affords attention-grabbing, instructional details about every species of hen the consumer encounters when utilizing the app. The function joins a extra light-weight function, Bird Buddy TV, which affords a reside TikTok-like vertical video feed of reside hen sightings from numerous clients’ feeders.
Along with the launch of the brand new digital product, Bird Buddy is launching two new equipment designed to draw extra species of birds to its feeders, together with the Bird Buddy Perch Extender, which brings in larger birds by providing a bigger place to face, and the Bird Buddy 3-in-1 Nutrition Set that features a water fountain, jelly tray, and fruit spike to draw birds like orioles and finches.
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“We are on a mission to help nature compete for our attention – and in the process, create daily connections with nature for as many people as possible,” defined Bird Buddy co-founder and CEO Franci Zidar, in a press release.
“That’s why we’re expanding the Bird Buddy app to offer a unique experience for those who may not have access to a backyard or feeder. This is our most exciting development to date, to truly unlock the magic that is the world of birds and their critical role in our ecosystems. To be able to bring joy 24/7 is a privilege and we are grateful to our community who have been instrumental in helping us achieve this,” he added.
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The firm additionally debuted a subscription product, Bird Buddy Pro, that lets customers mute or ignore species, add further visitor slots and introduces a brand new frenzy mode that maximizes hen detections. And later this fall, Bird Buddy plans to introduce its personal seed subscription service to ensure its clients have straightforward access to the best meals for his or her feeders.
To date, Bird Buddy clients have put in 150,000 feeders world wide, that are able to recognizing greater than 1,000 species of birds.
