Connected Devices Weekly Update/2016-05-03

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Program		Status	Notes
Vaani	Validation (Lindsay/Sandip)	On Target	Team meetup in Berlin to focus on user testing and formulating hypothesis The entire team is going to be engaged in user testing to ensure that the full scope of users is understood Currently working on connecting with Friends and Family to discuss voice activation needs
Project Link	Validation Stage (Julie/Preeti)	On Target	Market Segment Looked into three potential segments: busy family, kids (at home/at school), elderly. Chose the busy family segment. Hypothesis We believe that by offering a smart virtual assistant to busy families, we will simplify their lifestyle. Research Need to talk to what we perceive as the busy family segment, determine what their needs are and if there’s an intersection of that and what we can offer. Developing a framework or script for conducting the consumer interviews to be tested first before members of the team conduct the interviews. Sampling, interviewing, and analysis tips were shared with the team Want to invest in brainstorming and research process over the next couple weeks Differentiators Have developed a list of how we might differentiate ourselves from the competition Demos Showed phase 1 demo to leadership team Currently working on video for London demo Worked with the Mountain View WPR team to use the Battlestar Galactica conference room as a demo/showcase room for Link devices
Smart TV for 2.6	Josh	On Target	2.6 milestones: 4/27 branched 7/15 FC
Smart TV Next Gen	Validation (Joe/Josh)	On Target	Bulleted list item Bulleted list item
Project SmartHome	Maria/Liz	On Target	We received positive feedback at our second check in last Friday (Slides and video recording) To test our current hypothesis, we've started to design our next round of research. The test will include a functional research prototype that we'll share with a small group of 12-15 year-old girls. We're investigating the use of the Particle "Photon" and "Internet Button" products as a quick start way to get a tactile, connected device into study participants hands. More details here. We finalized our Research Findings from our first user study.
Project Magnet	Maria/Francisco	On Target	Finished Sprint 1: we already have a very basic client for Android and iOS to discover physical webs. This will be useful for prototyping and hypothesis validation. Some demo videos for iOS and Android recorded during our Sprint 1 Demo and Retrospective The goals for sprint 2: Research: Work in the assumptions/hypotheses document to be reviewed. Be able to have downloadable builds (not finished in sprint 1) Some legal have been raised about the distribution of iOS builds via Testflight and also with the Apple Developer Program account used that need to be clarified Polish the clients as many tasks/issues have been detected when they were developed during last sprint. It would be also great start trying with URLs and start setting common use cases for the London office (specially for visitors) and London All Hands. Beacons research finished and now evaluating some providers to do a purchase.
Project Sensor Web	Cindy/Wesley	On Target	Bulleted list item Bulleted list item
Porting	Nicole/David/Peter	On Target	Porting FirefoxOS Meeting merged with Weekly B2G Meeting Planning for meet up in London
Metrics for CD	Maria/Dylan	On Target	Bulleted list item Bulleted list item
Research Team	Lindsay	On Target	Technical Research Looking at different ways to work moving forward Working on formulating hypothesis to prove Will be working with the different teams to move the hypothesis forward Market Research Continuing deep dive into conversational UI and digital assistants Getting access to consumer insights database from Forrester - Forrester Technographics User Research First deep dive into user research will be in the Vaani team working with the team on researching the product with everyone's involvement setting up workshops for the meetup in Berlin Setting up a workshop in London for the CD Team (What do you do after your train has been chosen?)
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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