Fireside

Taking pictures has never been easier. But after we take them, we rarely see them again. It would take countless hours to organize our thousands of photos. And even then, you can't hang all of them on the wall. And what do you do with video?

These aren't just photos, they're our memories. They're birthdays, weddings, vacations, first steps. They're people we love. So why is it so hard to enjoy them?

That's why we created Fireside. Fireside is a smart system for your home that makes your photos and videos part of everyday life. Like Pandora, but for your memories.

Curating your thousands of photos so you can enjoy them is hard. Today, this takes hours of organizing, printing, framing. It's expensive, time consuming, and hard to update.

By contrast, Fireside does the hard work for you. It's smart, so it automatically shows you photos you actually want to see. For example, if it's your son's birthday, Fireside shows some photos of his past birthdays. If it's your anniversary, Fireside will show you video from your wedding and honeymoon. Is it winter? Fireside can show you skiing and holiday photos.

It's like looking at your photos through a whole new lens.

How does Fireside work?

We intelligently index the photos and videos you keep in the cloud and then continuously creates a series of smart, streaming, contextually relevant, "channels" you can enjoy anywhere or share easily with those you care about most.

Just take photos or videos like you normally would. Shortly after your photos and videos arrive in your Google Photos or Dropbox account we will analyze them and begin playing them in your channels. For pictures taken on your phone, we recommend setting up the Google Photos or Dropbox Carousel mobile app to automatically back up items so the entire process is completely effortless.

Like art or music, Fireside creates an atmosphere in your home. It gives you a place to gather and share great memories. It's a private channel for family photos, shared with those you care about the most.

It's easy to take a picture, but actually enjoying all those photos locked away in a shoe box or a computer is really hard. Fireside makes it easy. We believe it's the missing piece to truly enjoying our photos and video. Finally, for the first time, enjoying your photos is as easy as taking them.

Product Features:
• Use a dedicated tablet with a stand and Fireside becomes a 24/7 "SmartFrame" that can replace your digital photo frame
• Connect any number of Google Photos and/or Dropbox accounts as photo and video sources
• Choose to watch any of several auto-generated smart channels, including "Today's Top Picks", Recents, Flashback, and Random
• Share your smart channels privately with those you care about most

Customer Quotes:
• "Any time we have friends over, or a babysitter or whatever they really comment on it and say how enjoyable it is to sit and see these typical days that we’ve had of the best memories."
• "Since we got Fireside I feel more likely to take videos than I was before, because we get to see them"
• "I’m getting a lot more out of my photos than I ever gotten before."
• "This is something we really look forward to watching. We love having it!"

NOTE: This is a streaming product and requires a good quality broadband Internet connection.