SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Livin Shower, one of the first water-saving digital showers with DIY installation, has launched on Kickstarter. With over a year of R&D and support from prominent investors, including the Government of South Korea, Livin will now be taking its state-of-the-art shower to full scale production.
The current standard U.S. shower valve was first adopted into the market in the 1930s, and has been used until today without much innovation or change to the user interface. Livin found that a key problem users had with this valve design is that the control of the water temperature is difficult, unintuitive and wastes a lot of water. With advances in hardware technology, the Livin team saw an opportunity to rethink the shower valve, with complete focus on the user experience.
Meet Livin Shower: the digital fixture that provides a shower experience at the click of a button while conserving water and energy at the same time.
“Drawing from our team’s experience developing smart home technology, we’ve worked tirelessly for over a year to design a shower with the most intuitive design and pleasant user experience,” Livin CEO Jaejun Lee explained. “We are very excited to be able to offer our supporters the chance to pre-order the Livin Shower at a deep discount and help us bring the prototype to production.” With one click, Livin Shower warms up your shower and pauses the stream once the temperature reaches your desired target, so you can simply walk in and start your shower. This way, there is no more guessing how much the valve needs to be turned.
Livin Shower also helps reduce unnecessary water flow while you bathe because you can pause and resume the water without losing the warm temperature. The unique temperature control algorithm finds the shortest amount of time to reach the target temperature and minimizes water and energy waste. This will help save the water up to 1,875 gallons per year for an average household.
And for an even easier shower launch, just command your voice assistant to activate the water, thanks to Livin’s integration with Amazon Echo and Google Home. Skip all the hassles that come with getting in the shower by simply saying “Prepare my morning shower” to Alexa or Google Home.
Among many other features, Livin will also include Shower Recipes™, music streaming integration, and shower personalization.
Livin created Recipes of certain temperature patterns that can help you wake up faster or feel more relaxed by leveraging Livin Shower’s ability to adjust water temperature. For example, the Wake-up Recipe™ cools down water gradually to finish your shower feeling more refreshed and awake. Having a cold shower in the morning is proven to help you to wake up faster and be more productive throughout the day.
By syncing Livin Shower with a speaker, you can listen to your shower playlist on Spotify or Apple Music. All while having full control to play, pause or skip your favorite songs.
Personalize your own shower setting with up to 10 profiles, with each providing a custom shower temperature, shower time, and connection to a smartphone. You can even set a profile to “Baby Mode” to safely bathe a child at a proper water temperature.
To make it all easier, Livin Shower integrates software technology with elegant hardware for easy DIY installation, all without the need of any reconstruction. The system can be installed with simple hand tools within 15 minutes. In other words: no plumbing, no construction professionals, no problem!
The team at Livin, consisting of engineers, designers, and operations experts from leading technology companies, has the experience it takes to build a fantastic product.
The Livin team includes CEO Lee, who previously was Head of Software Partnerships and Integrations for Misfit Wearables, acquired by Fossil Group; Youngkyun Koh, a former technical advisor for electronics manufacturing global leader FoxConn, responsible for the iPhone’s production; Designer Hyunsol Park, a former industrial designer at New Deal Design, developing one of the world’s most successful wearables, the Fitbit; Soohyun Chung, formerly of LINE, who helped bring one of Asia’s largest messaging apps to the US, Europe and Latin America.
Livin’s Kickstarter campaign is set to launch Tuesday, January 23rd at 10am EST and run for 40 days until March 3rd with kits starting at $349. Livin aims to deliver to backers in Fall 2018.
Livin Shower is on display at Target Open House in the SOMA neighborhood of San Francisco, next to Yerba Buena Gardens.
You can download high-resolution videos and photos from Livin’s press kit here. For live demos, please email or call the number below.
Contact: Root Communications for Livin Shower [+1-347-508-3103] [Livin@rootcomms.com]