The second generation's simple interface and clever design up the appeal of the Hiku shopping assistant
Hiku's performance is more reliable, but still hit-or-miss, and the app's new features -- especially "Get it now" -- are underdeveloped
Hiku Labs has made significant improvements over its original device, but in an increasingly competitive connected-grocery market, the Hiku can't quite justify itself...
Abstract: Do you have a smart phone, iPad, Phablet or Tablet? Do you have a thumb and at least one finger? Are you constantly looking for pads of paper, pens and pencils to write your shopping list? Well, you savior has arrived; Hiku.This is the shopping list scann...
Handy as a pocket on a shirt, Shopping lists can be synched across multiple phones, Easy to use
Acknowledgment tones need to be louder, Potential advertising and privacy concerns
Hiku lets you make grocery lists by scanning the UPC codes on or speaking the names of the products you need. The list appears on an app that can be installed on and synchronized across multiple smartphones so that it's always up to date and always with y...
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Published: 2014-12-01, Author: Michael , review by: macworld.com
Handy as a pocket on a shirt, Shopping lists can be synched across multiple phones, Easy to use
Acknowledgment tones need to be louder, Potential advertising and privacy concerns
The Hiku Labs Hiku's voice recognition and bar code scanning capabilities make it easy to build an app-based shopping list
It's hard to beat pen and paper for list-making convenience
Hiku Labs' Hiku grocery list assistant has the potential to streamline list making (and shopping, pending a software update), but in its current state it's a little too spare to recommend....
Easy to set up and use, Nicely designed app, Unobtrusive design, Affordable
Small database of barcodes, Voice recognition sometimes fails, Grocery delivery service Peapod has limited coverage
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Abstract: De 'slimme' koelkastmagneet Hiku, die Albert Heijn momenteel test voor het maken van boodschappenlijstjes, blijkt in onze test niet erg slim.De Hiku is een koelkastmagneet met een ingebouwd microfoontje en een barcodescanner. De eerste 200 Albert Heijn-kl...
