DriveMate isn’t just built for drivers — it’s built with them.

DriveMate is designed to be more than a static device. It’s a platform that grows, evolves, and adapts over time — and its most important evolution will come from the voices of the people who use it every day. That’s why we’re giving our Kickstarter backers a seat at the development table, with the ability to directly contribute to the voice features and experiences that define DriveMate’s future.

From proposing new voice commands and tone styles to shaping the assistant’s behavior across different driving contexts, you’ll help guide how DriveMate speaks, responds, and adapts. This isn’t just early access. This is early influence.

A Voice Assistant That Reflects You

Most voice assistants offer a handful of fixed commands and preloaded personalities. At DriveMate, we believe voice interaction should feel personal, useful, and dynamic — because no two drivers are the same.

That’s why we’re inviting you — the earliest supporters — to help define the next phase of voice functionality.

Your feedback won’t be filtered through a survey and ignored. It will be reviewed, refined, and implemented directly into our roadmap.

What You’ll Be Able to Contribute

As a DriveMate contributor, you can shape upcoming voice features in the following ways:

1. Submit New Voice Command Ideas
Think of a command that would make your drive easier? Suggest it. From offline voice triggers (e.g., “Mute my mic,” “Switch to calm voice”) to advanced connected features (“Send ETA to contact,” “Replay last instruction”), your ideas help DriveMate evolve.

2. Propose Personality Profiles
Do you want a confident, motivational tone? A calm, meditative guide? A cheerful road trip buddy with a casual style? You’ll help decide what types of personalities DriveMate should speak with — and how they make drivers feel.

3. Recommend Behavioral Enhancements
Beyond voice tone, you’ll influence how DriveMate responds in context. For instance: Should it stay silent when your music is on? Should it speak softly at night? Should it adapt its responses based on time of day or battery level? These behavioral layers can all be guided by your input.

4. Vote on Roadmap Priorities
Every few weeks, backers will have the chance to vote on which ideas get pushed to the top of the release queue. This means you’re not just making suggestions — you’re helping decide what gets built next.

5. Participate in Testing Programs
We’ll invite contributors to try early beta releases of voice features, personalities, and assistant behavior logic before they go live. You’ll get to test-drive what’s next, before anyone else.

How It Works

After the Kickstarter campaign, all eligible backers will gain access to the DriveMate Voice Contributor Portal — a private web-based space designed for collaboration and influence.

Inside the portal, you’ll be able to:

• Submit new voice commands or ideas

• Vote on upcoming features in structured polls

• See the development status of top community suggestions

• Join testing groups for early feedback

• Track your contributor badge and feature influence history

This portal is exclusive to Kickstarter backers during the launch window. In the future, we may open it to wider users — but the founding contributors will be credited as the core of the system.

Why This Matters

We believe a voice assistant should evolve with its users — not stay stuck in a development team’s assumptions. That’s why we’re doing something most companies won’t: opening up our roadmap to early adopters and actively implementing what you ask for.

This means:

• DriveMate gets better, faster — based on real needs

• You gain control over how your assistant sounds and responds

• Future features reflect actual driving use cases

• You help create a better experience not just for yourself, but for every future user

Voice AI is only powerful when it feels human. And the best way to make it feel human — is to build it with real humans in mind.

Contributor Recognition and Ongoing Value

Your contributions will be acknowledged, respected, and remembered. Contributor program perks may include:

• Recognition in release notes or firmware logs

• Early access to premium or experimental voice personalities

• A digital contributor badge in your DriveMate profile

• Long-term access to exclusive beta testing groups

• Invitations to future roadmap sessions or community features

The more you contribute, the more influence you’ll gain.

DriveMate Doesn’t Just Talk — It Listens

We’re building more than an in-car assistant. We’re building a collaborative platform where drivers help design the future. With your support and ideas, DriveMate becomes more than a product — it becomes a conversation between technology and the people who use it.

Back DriveMate. Join the voice contributor program.
And help define the future of how AI speaks on the road.