Minimis Technologies

15/04/2026

Over the Easter weekend, we created the world's first standalone heart-rate tracking AR sunglasses with a HD full-color display

Technically we achieved that in June last year, with our 2nd prototype that was functional but not wearable

Today we release our 5th prototype of Minimis Flow that's fully standalone, functional and wearable; our strongest prototype ever

It contains optical heart rate sensors, ANT+, BLE, eSIM LTE, GPS, WiFi, accelerometer, gyroscope, temperature, pressure, ambient light sensors, octa-core 2.2GHz CPU, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, full HD 60hz 16-color display @ 1100 nits, all running on a custom Android OS built for athletes

Working over two public holidays and a weekend is not our first preference, alas our electronics and frames arrived a week late only on Thursday evening due to the Iran war and fuel chaos, and the team could not sit idly by without making it work

The last few days were fraught with close failures and near misses - I'm so incredibly proud of the team for their perseverance and ingenuity in ultimately getting it to work

This is a monumental moment in our 3.5 year journey and has proven my conviction that we can still export innovative consumer hardware from Australia

Thank you to our development partners Daira Engineering & LetinAR whose close collaboration allowed us to achieve this feat no giants have

A special thanks to Leah Lucas & Katie Green from CSIRO Lindfield Collaboration Hub for their consistent unwavering support, granting us emergency after-hours access to the world-class facilities to enable this achievement

Next step - consumer testing! If you are a runner or cyclist in Australia and would like to test these, leave a comment below to link up :)

25/02/2026

Last August, we were the first Aussies to ever pitch Elizabeth (GP Hustle Fund), Charles (MP Precursor Ventures), Jesse (GP Flybridge) & Dawn (GP Capital F) live on The Pitch

As a bunch of nobodies working from my Sydney living room, these were people we could never even dream of meeting in real life, let alone pitch live on air to 600k subscribers.

For those new to The Pitch, it's Shark Tank without reality TV drama. Just a real pitch with real VCs.

So when we found out we were one of the 18 selected out of 2,000 applicants for Season 14, we immediately booked flights to Napa.

So how did it go?

Our episode was just released. Listen here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2upEfg3KkeBk8h24MQ5iDd

The Pitch · Episode

21/07/2025

Minimis Phone iOS is now off early access and on the app store! Thanks again for your patient support over the last 16 months. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Early access users, check your emails (including spam) to get upgrade instructions.

New users, visit: https://app.minimis.life

06/08/2024

Hello!

A slightly belated update post. Do you see a feature you requested included? 😉 If you’ve been enjoying the new update(s), let us know below 👇☺️

P.S: If you’re missing the emails we’ve been sending out, please check your spam! Some of our emails are ending up there :(

17/06/2024

The thing we love hearing most is how we've changed real lives for the better, be it creating lasting memories with family or getting back into a neglected hobby. There's so much to real life that we miss because phones are so addictive. While less satisfying momentarily, these real things we look back on in our deathbed, and smile at :)

07/06/2024

Pleased to announce Minimis came 2nd out of 60 startups in the 2080 Ventures Global Pitch Competition! 🎉

24/05/2024

Our iOS beta is out now! Early-access users, please check your email for installation instructions. Excited to have you on board ❣

If you missed out, you can still sign up for beta testing:
http://launcher.minimis.life/

21/05/2024

6 months ago, we started building a launcher we would use to help us combat our own propensity to doomscroll. We're so glad users have also found it life changing. Kind feedback like this really makes our day!

15/05/2024

Minimis Launcher has been crowned by global design publication UX Collective as the most minimalist phone interface! With over 2.5 million monthly visits, we're truly humbled by the shoutout on UX Collective. We'll continue delivering the most minimalist smartphone experience possible, sparing everyone the need to buy and pollute the planet with an idiosyncratic dumbphone. Onwards and upwards! 🚀

03/04/2024

We have officially launched on Google Play now! .

Thank you to all our amazing early-access users and beta testers who worked with us over the past few months to report bugs and provide feedback. We couldn't have made it this far, this quickly, without your help in the development process.

We're deeply grateful for the positive feedback many of you left on the Google Play store, and are excited to continue working with you to build a better relationship with our devices & launcher.