Introducing Amber, the baby tracker you can talk to
At 3 a.m. you have a baby in one arm and, if you’re lucky, a free hand. That’s the moment Amber is built for.
Most baby trackers want you to unlock your phone, find the right screen and tap through a form. Amber’s idea is simpler: say what happened, or tap it on your watch, and it’s logged.
What Amber does
Amber records three things, and does them well: feeds (with sides), sleep and nappies. On your phone, each is one tap. The timer for a feed or a sleep runs from the moment you start it, even if your phone goes back to sleep.
Everyone in your family sees the same record on their own phone, so whoever does the next feed knows when the last one was.
Hands free
Voice is the heart of Amber. Ask your phone’s assistant to log a nappy or start a feed, and Amber does it and tells you it’s done. In our iPhone test builds today, Siri can log a nappy. Feeds and sleep by voice, and voice on Android, are coming before launch.
If you have twins and don’t say which baby, Amber asks. It never guesses.
On your wrist
Apple Watch and Wear OS apps are on the way: a small remote for the things you do most, with the running timer always on your wrist.
What Amber won’t do
Amber won’t stop a feed for you, because only you know when it has ended. It won’t give medical advice or compare your baby with others; if you’re worried, talk to your doctor, midwife or health visitor. And it won’t listen: Amber doesn’t use your microphone at all.
Amber is in testing now. Read the guide to see how it works.