Caavo Classic

Caavo Classic was my first launch as Principal Product Manager at Caavo — the original device that established the vision for what Caavo would become. Shipping on Valentine's Day 2018, it was a premium, enthusiast-grade home theater hub built around a single bold idea: one box to connect everything, one remote to control it all. The Product At its core, Caavo Classic was an eight-input HDMI hub — enough ports to connect every device in a modern home theater setup simultaneously, with no switching, no unplugging, no fumbling. One cable to the TV, everything else into the Caavo. But the real breakthrough was the software. Caavo used computer vision to read what was happening on screen across every connected device, enabling true universal search and control. Ask for a show and Caavo would find it across every service on every device — then switch inputs and launch it automatically. No mode switching, no multiple remotes, no remembering which box had which app. Demo Specs Eight HDMI 2.0 inputs with one output, HDCP 2.2 support, voice search via the Caavo remote, and compatibility with all major streaming devices, game consoles, cable boxes, and AV receivers. What Came Next Caavo Classic launched at $399, aimed at a dedicated home theater audience. The learnings from that launch — what users loved, where friction lived, what the price ceiling really was — directly shaped the Caavo Control Center, which I also led, bringing the same core experience to a mass-market price point of $99.95 later that year. Caavo · Principal Product Manager · Caavo Classic · 2018