Light Strip Pro - Allow for a much slower transition (Speed slider/setting) for Effects

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@tc10

now that year of cam is over for a few months

Previously, the founders indicated that they were planning to mostly extend the year of the camera into 2024 too, though they would be doing a lot with AI, etc.

@WyzeJasonJ

If we were to pick a theme for 2024, it’s tempting to call it “Year of the Camera v2.” …But new cameras alone aren’t enough to satisfy our 2024 ambitions.
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In 2024, we will focus harder than ever on building camera AI 2.0. AI that adds significant value, ease, and automation to your life. It’s hard to make specific promises about our ability to deliver new product experiences that still need to be invented. Still, we’ve made great progress and are excited to get your feedback. With your input, we will make rapid iterations to our models and together we will democratize AI applications in the smart home.

But there is hope. Dave has indicated that when they get Cash Flow positive, then they can have freedom for doing other things. Something similar was stated in that same letter:

@WyzeJasonJ

In 2024, we believe we can officially break even and be fully cash flow positive for the first time ever. Instead of taking new money from investors, we can invest cash from operations back into the company to continue to fuel growth and improve user experience.

What will that mean for you as a Wyze user? Being cash flow positive means freedom. It allows us to grow and operate the business the way we want to without additional influence from outsiders. It allows us to be more aggressive in pricing decisions and fun with our marketing. It allows us to explore more unique products like we used to in the early days. Being a sustainable company will enable us to operate in ways we never have been able to before, and we can’t wait to see how that freedom feels. It’s been a challenging transition, but we’re so grateful you’ve stuck with us through it all. We’re almost there!

And Wyze recently announced that they finally had their first cashflow positive quarter in Q1 2024. So, that now gives them a little more freedom to start considering doing other things. I am guessing that most of this summer and early fall are already decided on their roadmap though…and those would’ve almost certainly been related to their original early goals.

Hopefully now that they are cashflow positive they can revisit a lot of these other things toward the end of the year. I suspect this one in particular won’t be at the top of their list since it only has 12 votes, but it’s possible since it SEEMS to me like it might be an easy one to implement, so it could skip ahead if it isn’t that complex and doesn’t take a lot of resources.