Joy Launches World’s First Interactive Photo Album, Allowing Families to Curate and Share Treasured Memories
Boasting Hardware and Software End to End Solution, Joy Raises $2.5
Million in Seed Funding from Ev Williams’ Obvious Ventures and Others to
Revolutionize How Families Enjoy Photos
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Joy
today announced the launch of the Joy Album, the world’s first
interactive photo album that allows users to curate and share their
favorite photos with friends and family. Designed to live on your coffee
table and sit comfortably in your lap, the Joy Album makes your most
cherished moments instantly viewable in gorgeous layouts, finally
modernizing the lost art of creating a physical photo album. Designed by
a team that hails from Apple, Sonos and Yahoo, the Joy Album aims to be
the premium all-in-one photo solution for families. Joy has been in
stealth mode since February and is now taking preorders for the Joy
Album device, which will begin shipping in summer 2017.
The Joy Album is the only photo-sharing device with a touchscreen
display, wireless charging, customizable photo and video layouts and
real-time story sharing. The device will retail for $499 (Joy is
offering a limited time discount for the first batch of pre-orders at
$299) and pairs with a mobile app that will launch in early 2017, easily
integrating photos and videos via email, Facebook, Instagram and more.
The Joy Album automatically backs up photos and videos to the cloud, so
your precious memories are safe.
“As new parents with tons of pictures and memories to share, we missed
the days of sitting with family members and flipping through physical
photo albums,” said Joy co-founder and CEO Alan Chan. “The need for
family members to connect in this way still exists, but our photos have
become scattered across different devices and apps. We were inspired to
solve this modern problem by creating one beautiful, easy-to-use device
that allows users to curate and share memories with loved ones near and
far.”
The company, co-founded by Alan Chan, Jacqueline Yuen, Joe Moak and
Jonathan Rainey, is also announcing $2.5 million in seed funding from
investors including Obvious Ventures, BoxGroup, The Chernin Group and
Maywic Select Investments. Although 79% of photos will be taken with a
phone by 2017 (according to InfoTrends), the sharing, organization and
display of photos remains fragmented. Joy was created to solve this
problem and disrupt several industries, including online photo printing
($2 billion), photo frames ($900 million), and personal cloud storage
($80 billion).
“I’ve been working on consumer photo sharing for almost two decades and
I believe Joy is the first complete solution for family photos,” said
James Joaquin, co-founder of Obvious Ventures and former co-founder and
CEO of Ofoto. “As families take more pictures and videos across more
devices, Joy comes to the rescue with a seamless combination of software
and hardware that makes private photo sharing easy again.”
The Joy Album offers the following features:
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Beautiful album layouts that showcase photos and videos on a large
13.3” HD touchscreen -
Integration of photos from all the places you store them digitally,
from your smartphone camera roll to Facebook, Instagram, Dropbox and
Google Photos -
Support for several file formats, such as HD videos, raw files, GIFs,
360 degree photos, panoramas and more - 10 GB of free photo storage with optional upgraded plans
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Proprietary magnetic stand for wireless charging and quick access,
with a 5-hour battery life -
Private sharing to allow you to select exactly who can view your
photos at any given time -
StoryTime feature that allows families to share photos and tell
stories in real time on their own Joy Album devices
For more information or to pre-order the Joy Album, visit: https://joy.co/.
About Joy Inc.:
Joy is the creator of the world’s first interactive photo album that
allows you to curate and share your favorite photos with friends and
family. Designed to live on your coffee table and sit comfortably in
your lap, the Joy Album makes your most cherished moments instantly
viewable in gorgeous layouts, finally modernizing the lost art of
creating a physical photo album. Designed by a team that hails from
Apple and Sonos, the Joy Album aims to be the premium all-in-one
hardware and software photo solution for families to share memories with
loved ones near and far. The company was founded in February 2016 and
has raised $2.5 million in seed funding from investors including Obvious
Ventures, The Chernin Group, and BoxGroup. Joy is headquartered in San
Francisco, California. For more information, visit http://www.joy.co.
Contacts
Moxie Communications Group
Alyssa Galella
(562) 294-6261
joy@moxiegrouppr.com
