Mobile · 2024
Mobile Developer
Waylo
Cross-platform companion controller for the Wylo smart-toy PCB — pair the device over Wi-Fi, manage child profiles and AI characters, and review voice logs, mood reports, and activity analytics.
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What Waylo does
- Companion controller for Wylo smart-toy PCB — not a standalone app
- QR + Wi-Fi device pairing, child onboarding, and AI character management
- Firestore-backed toy logs with in-app audio playback of voice interactions
- Daily/weekly mood and activity reports with sentiment charts
- Freemium/Premium subscription tiers with Firebase Auth and push notifications
Waylo: background
Waylo is a React Native (Expo) mobile companion app that controls and monitors Wylo — a physical smart-toy device built on custom PCB hardware. Unlike standalone consumer apps, Waylo is the parent-facing controller: it pairs with the toy over QR scan and Wi-Fi, registers child profiles, and surfaces everything the hardware captures back to caregivers.
Parents authenticate via Firebase, then onboard a child with name, age, gender, interests, and language (English, German, French, Spanish, and more). Device pairing walks through a two-step QR + Wi-Fi flow. Character management lets families pick free or premium AI personas from a carousel, or upload a custom avatar — unlocking richer interactions on the physical toy.
The home dashboard aggregates live activity cards: voice interactions, video captures, daily and weekly reports, mood sentiment tracking, and health/sleep/study summaries. Toy logs pull Firestore records keyed by device MAC address, with in-app audio playback of recorded conversations. Reports use react-native-gifted-charts for daily and weekly usage line charts and emoji-based mood breakdowns. Subscription management covers Freemium and Premium tiers with Apple Pay and card checkout UI.
Built with Expo Router, Redux Toolkit + persist, NativeWind, Firebase Auth/Firestore, expo-notifications, and expo-av — shipping to iOS and Android from a single TypeScript codebase.
More work by Dawar Mustaqeem
Want something like this built? Get in touch — Dawar Mustaqeem, Birmingham UK.