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Dec 11, 2024
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Flexbar: A Versatile & Fully Customizable Touch-Bar Solution

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Streamline and customize interactions with software, games, and streaming for Win & Mac—keeping you focused, in control, and connected.
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The discontinuation of the original Touch Bar didn’t mean the concept was flawed—it simply wasn’t taken far enough to reach its full. There’s something undeniable itself: the potential for a customizable, adaptive interface that could streamline workflows was immense.

Instead, we decided to step in.

We start by tackling usability and enhancing the physical experience to make Flexbar a joy to use in every way. Its compact, sleek, and portable design ensures plug-and-play seamlessly with desktops, laptops, iPads, phones, and even MacBook Pro.

Flexbar isn’t just a static strip of keys—it’s a fully customizable tool adapted to fit any scenario. From content creators managing Adobe Premiere timelines to streamers controlling OBS layouts or gamers executing complex in-game macros, Flexbar adapts to you.

This isn’t about simply launching apps with a tap. We’ve reimagined how you interact with your software. With preloaded shortcut combos and controls tailored for your favorite programs, Flexbar is ready right out of the box.

Yet, Flexbar is more than just a shortcut keypad—it’s a deeply integrated extension toolbar for your most-used apps. 

With its third-party API support, Flexbar provides advanced, native-like controls for those highly interactive professional software applications. Using our JavaScript-based plugin SDK, you can easily implement almost any functionality on the Flexbar with your own integrated third-party APIs.

The up-to-date deep-integration plug-ins and functions include OBS Studio, VScode, Streamlabs, Twitch, PhotoShop, Premiere, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Office, and Minecraft.
*The plug-in system and Marketplace are in development, with an expected launch in Q2 2025.

Our team poured countless hours into this function to solve perhaps the most damning complaint: interrupted workflow. 

We are glad to present you with the solution: Flexbar learns to automatically switch between relevant interfaces according to your current task window.

Record and recreate your favorite layout with the Workspace function—getting started in a blink. Check out the video below for a closer look at how you can do it by yourself with your Flexbar. 

Trust us, it’s gonna change your life.

From the start, we knew that recreating the Touch Bar as it was would be a waste of time. Instead, we asked ourselves: What if we pushed the concept further? What if we created a tool that addressed users’ frustrations and unlocked a new level of productivity?

We come to the ultimate answer and turn it into an actionable solution. At the heart of our result is FlexbarDesigner.

Below is a download button for FlexbarDesigner (Alpha version for Windows) in case anyone wanna give it a try. Let us know your thoughts and anything that stands out to you (the macOS version is a Work in Progress).

You’re already familiar with FlexbarDesigner—the software that powers every level of customization. How about tapping into the collective creativity of the Flexbar community

Discovering and using designs created by others becomes incredibly convenient and time-saving. Whether a shortcut combo for your favorite software or a unique layout idea—you can explore, download, and apply shared templates in just a few clicks.

Join us at our Discord community!

Don’t just imagine: with Flexbar, you can freely perform more complex, multi-step actions all in one seamless flow.

Too many complex tasks to repeat? Try the one-click macro recording feature built into FlexbarDesigner! Whether you’re setting up in professional software or gathering materials in a game, Flexbar learns your moves and effortlessly replays them through simulated raw mouse and keyboard inputs.

Effortlessly streamline your workflow with a single press, automating repetitive tasks instantly. Set up advanced sequences with delays, loops, and custom configurations, all through FlexbarDesigner’s intuitive drag-and-drop interface. Flexbar puts powerful, programmable automation at your fingertips, simplifying even the most complex tasks.

Collects all hardware performance metrics from your PC and displays them in stunning and real-time graphs on your Flexbar. Stay in control and optimize your system’s performance with just a glance!

We enhanced the physical experience to make Flexbar a joy to use in every way. Flexbar features a vibrant 10-inch 2K AMOLED touchscreen—larger, crisper, and far easier to navigate. We’ve also included an aluminum magnetic stand with Flexbar for optimal ergonomics and convenience.

We have reached our $100,000 stretch goal of unlocking a new color to the Flexbar lineup! Space Black🖤 is selected by 41% of our survey respondents. Both Silver and Space Black will be available for all backers to choose from in the post-campaign survey. Thank you all for your support!

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