Flipp by SYNT the unofficial, crowd funded, Sonos remote has hit a hurdle.

Flipp launched an exciting campaign on Kickstarter promising to revolutionise how we interact with Sonos. Making it “Beautiful and simple”. They raised 335,650 DK from 356 backers.

The idea sounded pretty exciting and very different to how Sonos users at that time interacted with their Sonos. No longer requiring phone unlocking or opening apps.

Flipp was supposed to start delivery in November 2017.

Fast forward to today and Sonos is now supported by Alexa allowing easy voice control, as is widgets allowing quick easy access to music on IOS. Sadly it seems Flipp’s niche might have been filled or at the least got a lot smaller.

Flipp commented to their supporters via Kickstarter:

It is with a lot of regret we are informing you that at this stage we will not be able to meet our goal of bringing the Flipp Remote to market within the promised timeline. Despite the fact that you have been very patient and supportive of our efforts we have encountered a number of extraordinary challenges, and can no longer keep our original delivery timeline and are uncertain at this point exactly when we will start shipping. We have encountered several major setbacks in terms of production and procurement and even though we are certain we can find a solution it means significant delays for the entire project.

However they do still plan on eventually releasing Flipp adding further comment:

As a company we will strive to do everything we can to make sure Flipp is released.
It’s important you understand at this point we have no set date for the delivery of the product.

We will follow their development and keep you informed of how it develops.

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We are pleased to see Flipp the Sonos remote has just got funded on KickStarter.

Flipp is a very interesting idea, its a tactile remote for Sonos. Allowing you to change music and volume via their pebble like remote.

They raised 335,650 DKK of the needed 333,000 DKK. We were one of the first to make a pledge and cannot wait to get our hands on it in November. Assuming they manage to stay on track, but afterall this is kickstart

For more information take a look at the official site: https://www.flippremote.com/

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It seems a few weeks doesn’t go by and someone else launches a new home controller or way to interact with your home automation tech.

This week new to announce they are going live on Kickstarter soon is Flipp a dedicated Sonos controller.

Flipp Sonos Remote is unlike the competitors.

Unlike competitors this is specifically designed to  work only with Sonos, stating:

“Music is social – music apps ARE NOT. Flipp is a beautiful remote control which creates a social music experience”

It’s been created by a Scandinavian start up, Synt, this being their first product.

The details are limited at the moment however we know it’s a pebble like device that connects to your internet via a hub.

The remote is controlled via movement:

These are all the details we have at the moment, as we hear more we will update you.

*Update 25/4*

We asked Flipp for a date they are going live on Kickstarter and we have just been told:

“We expect a launch on Kickstarter in the beginning of May. Last week we taped our campaign movie and we are really excited about moving forward!”

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