Bevi refreshes smart dispenser UI with scrollable beverage menu

Bevi, the Boston-based connected beverage-system company, has launched a redesigned on-screen interface for its commercial drink dispensers, deploying the update automatically and free of charge to all Signature Standup 2.0 machines. Countertop models are expected to follow in the coming months.

The new interface replaces what the company describes as a water-cooler-style screen with a scalable beverage menu intended to accommodate an expanding product portfolio. Bevi says the design was informed by machine-level dispense data, customer service trends, field observations, and direct input from users across thousands of daily interactions.

What changed

Key additions include a scrollable category menu for browsing available drinks, a dedicated filtered-water shortcut, automatic volume-pour (which fills a vessel to a selected quantity without requiring the user to hold a button), and a one-tap "Clear" button to reset preferences between users. Temperature and carbonation controls have been repositioned closer to the pour button to reflect observed usage patterns, and per-category nutrition descriptions have been added to each menu entry.

Julien Levesque, VP of Product at Bevi, said the system's data platform underpins the design process: "Our new UI design was built on this process to make beverage discovery feel effortless, premium, and personalised for every drinker. It's a better everyday experience today, and a stronger foundation for the beverage categories we'll introduce next."

The update is timed to support an expanding drink lineup. Bevi says it will add BeviPop, BeviSport, and BeviEnergy to its portfolio later this year, extending beyond its existing still, sparkling, and flavoured water options.

Market context

Bevi occupies a narrow but growing niche: software-connected point-of-use dispensers that compete with traditional bottled-water coolers, single-serve vending machines, and, increasingly, smart vending platforms from larger equipment manufacturers. The company counts Hyatt, Netflix, Tripadvisor, and Delta among its named customers and claims its machines have displaced more than one billion single-use plastic bottles and cans since its founding in 2013.

The interface refresh is less a technology story than a product-management one, but it illustrates a broader pattern in connected hardware: vendors are investing in the software layer as the primary competitive differentiator once the underlying dispense mechanics have matured. Bevi's proprietary data platform, which aggregates anonymised consumption trends across machines, is central to this positioning. The ability to push over-the-air UI updates without customer intervention mirrors practices common in IoT device management and, at the consumer end, EV software stacks.

For enterprise buyers, the practical significance is modest: the update requires no procurement decision, no downtime, and no integration work. Organisations running Countertop models will need to wait for a separate rollout that Bevi has not yet dated more precisely than "the coming months."

The company is also running a social-media contest tied to the launch and has submitted a SXSW 2027 panel proposal on UX feedback loops, neither of which carries direct commercial weight but signals Bevi's intent to build a consumer-facing brand alongside its B2B sales motion.