Backed the dream, got the disappointment
I finally received my Habity Bedside clock, almost five months late, after all the videos floating around the HAS forums got me hyped to back it. And honestly? I'm completely baffled. Nearly every single feature that convinced me to pledge in the first place is just... gone. So are the videos, and the software guy who presented all the smart features.
What I'm left with is clunky, bloated software that feels like it was thrown together by someone who'd never shipped a product before. Vibe-coded, probably, and no, that's not a compliment. Heck, Claude Code could've built this thing better in an afternoon, no question. The software lags, the UI freezes up constantly, and the whole thing screams "amateur hour."
I went ahead and upgraded from firmware 1.02 all the way to 7. Result? Still zero sound. Nothing. The one thing that did improve was the harsh, blinding white "wakeup" light, it went from terrible fade behavior to merely bad. Wow. So this is what a year and a half of development gets you: a sluggish, clumsy interface.
You promised "less scrolling." Now I'm scrolling like a maniac and losing my mind. Features you demoed during the Kickstarter campaign? Vanished. And somehow the best part of the UI now has to be controlled from your phone, seriously, what?! You pitched a premium experience and shipped something that feels like a knockoff MP3 player from the '90s.
Oh, and after a full charge, the battery dies in 12 hours flat. Twelve. For a 5,000 mAh cell, that's embarrassing, which is roughly how I felt right after I chucked it at my bedroom wall.