Connected Devices Weekly Update/2016-04-19

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Program		Status	Notes
Vaani	Validation (Aaron/Sandip)	On Target	Bulleted list item Bulleted list item
Project Link	Validation Stage (Julie/Preeti)	On Target	Project UX Engineering Participation
Smart TV for 2.6	Josh	On Target	Bulleted list item Bulleted list item
Smart TV Next Gen	Validation (Joe/Josh)	On Target	Bulleted list item Bulleted list item
Project SmartHome	Validation Stage (Maria/Liz)	On Target	Last week we had our first progress report meeting. Slides and video ( included also in our wiki). Focus on Babysitting Age audience Define next hypothesis and validation plan: Finish synthesizing research around interruptions and connecting with people. Look into research around habit formation. Ongoing tech explorations to fill our implementation toolbox in NFC (this week) and BLE.
Project Magnet	Validation Stage (Maria/Francisco)	On Target	Last Wednesday we had our Kick off meeting All agree that a research plan is a priority as we need to see what needs arise and user cases that fit real problems. In the short term a client (standalone app) will be developed based on React Native that will help us to create experiences and validate our hypothesis In the long run we don't know yet in which product could be magnet integrated, browser, flyweb... First Backlog prioritization of the tasks to build the client. First Development Sprint started yesterday. The goal is having a very basic client in Android and iOS (if it's possible) and also downloadable builds Requested help to the Research team to investigate more about different kind of beacons vendors, analysis of beacons depending on size, power, energy consumption..
Project Sensor Web	Cindy/Wesley	On Target	Bulleted list item Bulleted list item
Porting	Nicole/David/Peter	On Target	Bulleted list item Bulleted list item
FlyWeb	Nicole/Dylan	On Target	Bulleted list item Bulleted list item
Metrics for CD	Maria/Dylan	On Target	Bulleted list item Bulleted list item
Research Team	Lindsay	On Target	Market Research Smart Home Looking into addressable market size for the 12 - 15 years old target and research about their lifestyle Looking for research about habit formation New train candidate (by Ben Francis) Active inquiry with Strategy Analytics into tablet market growth and forecasts Working on market deep dive into conversational UIs and digital assistants
Firefox OS Smartphone Sunset Smartphone Transition Wiki	Smartphone Commercial Sunset (Karen)	On Target	Smartphone Commercial Transition Wiki
	Code Transition (Julie)	On Target	Smartphone Code Transition Wiki
	Foxfooding (Jean)	On Target
	Transition to Volunteer Community (George)	On Target	B2G OS Transition Wiki
Participation Update		On Target	Bulleted list item Bulleted list item
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