[Android Apps and Games] Gluru:
Hi all,

We’re a small London based team with a mix of past experience directly at Android, Amazon & Apple and having built successful apps in the past such as utter! We’re creating a smart text based file manager called Gluru - built around the objective of trying to save time & trying to predict what you need (hopefully before you even know) - as a result we’re recruiting early testers and looking to get much needed feedback to improve the app. It’s really early days! The app is free for XDA testers - simply request an invite at: www.gluru.co

OR @ via the Google play link here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gluru.android.core&ah=uGBuHY10kqclbX5pnZdQIWsNjus

Ultimately as we develop this and role out future updates we believe this will supercharge workflow collaboration as a file explorer with a brain that learns from you either individually or as a team. It’s early days but we believe we’re on to something pretty exciting with the machine learning platform & algorithms that have been built and of course the early version of the app available at the link below - which we’re also quickly going to iterate because we know it’s not perfect. This is where you come in! As mentioned the app is free for XDA testers - simply request an invite at: www.gluru.co

Couple of example use cases to get the juices flowing (feature list further down):

- need a file for that call? receive a call and get the files you need immediately for that conversation

- need the slide deck for that meeting? get the files you need for that meeting in the moment.

- looking for that file and can’t remember where it is? search across & view all your connected sources in one simple place.

Gluru learns from you the more you use it. Simply swipe away the less relevant file suggestions and it will optimise itself.

We need your feedback to help tweak our event interaction. What use cases do you think we’ve missed?

You can give us feedback in 3 ways:

- via this forum

- via the specific XDA email address we’ve set-up: developers@gluru.co

- or via the feedback form here: https://gluru.co/feedback/

We really want to understand what’s useful, what works, what doesn’t, suggestions for improvements, ideas for new features and just general feedback if the mood takes you:) Feedback is super valuable for us at this stage to help us build & iterate quickly.

A ‘highlights list’ of Gluru features is below for more info. We’ll endeavour to get back to all comments as quickly as we can!

Many thanks for all you help & valuable feedback!

Tim & Ben

Gluru - a simple file manager with a brain

Highlights:

- simple local file manager

- connect and manage external sources to consolidate storage in one place: Gdrive, Dropbox, Box, Onedrive, Evernote, Gmail, Gcal, Exchange

- create virtual hierarchy across all sources, simply add files from any source without physically moving them into a ‘virtual’ Gluru folder

- a simple view showing the most recent files sent by your contacts

- via the Gluru Footprint, get a quick understanding of the important stuff about each file - every file is summarised into its most important points, related files are surfaced, anyone who has touched it is surfaced, all links are extracted and any relevant news related to your file is highlighted

- switch smart notifications on or off so that files are sent to you in the moments you need them

- the more you use Gluru, the more it learns from you to enhance your recommendations

Please note - Gluru does not move your files unless you decide to - Gluru is just the connective link between them. They remain in the storage sources you’ve designated.

Gluru is currently in alpha invite stage - so we really value your feedback. As we can’t respond in detail here, please do leave any comments, feedback or bug reports via our feedback form here:

https://gluru.co/feedback/

Known bugs (that are being fixed!):

- Events - fix some swipe actions, fix dismiss/ delete animations

- Lag - occasional lag in some areas as the app is caching

- Visuals - improvements in some areas of design resolution

- Footprint news - related news accuracy not upto scratch - big(!) improvements coming soon

Coming soon:

- Auto-push - designate a cloud source and all email attachments which automatically pushed to a folder in that source

- Multiple user and device support for teams

- Notification learning acceleration

- Projects

- People Improvements

- Events Improvements

Platform & apps:

Gluru works by using its patent pending smart machine learning platform. The platform is accessible through the Gluru android app. There will soon be a website, an iOS app & an api for developers & enterprise to use the platform.

Language support:

Currently Gluru assistant is optimized for English. Other languages are coming soon.

For more information please visit http://gluru.co or view our FAQ here.

http://gluru.co/faq

For reference our terms of service are here.

http://gluru.co/termsofservice

Credits

File explorer base built from Simple Explorer

Security & Privacy

The security of your data is of the utmost importance to us.

We don’t have access to the login details you provide to the Sources, instead we request a temporary token, which we use to access the data. This access can be managed and removed from your Source settings at any time instantly.

We want to be as transparent as possible, so if you’ve any concerns or suggestions, please do let us know.