# Battery-Free E-Ink Brand VidaBay Ships Duo Bag Charm and Opens OrbisPlant Product Platform - Published: 2026-11-11 - Author: [Retail News](https://retailnews.io/author/retailnews-io.md) - Topics: [News](https://retailnews.io/news.md) - Source: https://retailnews.io/news/battery-free-e-ink-brand-vidabay-ships-duo-bag-charm-and-opens-orbisplant-product-platform/ - Publication: Retail News - Publisher: Connectively (Terkel, Inc.) - Editorial policy: https://retailnews.io/editorial-policy/ [![VidaBay Duo: Dual Screens, One Story](https://www.einpresswire.com/image/medium/1247097/vidabayein1111.png)](https://www.einpresswire.com/image/large/1247097/vidabayein1111.png#1920x1080) VidaBay Duo: Dual Screens, One Story [![Portrait of VidaBay E-ink Fridg Magnet](https://www.einpresswire.com/image/medium/1247100/vidabayein111101.jpeg)](https://www.einpresswire.com/image/large/1247100/vidabayein111101.jpeg#1920x1280) Snap a photo, tap to transfer, and share the memory [![OrbisPlant: an E-Ink product platform](https://www.einpresswire.com/image/medium/1247104/vidabayein111102.jpeg)](https://www.einpresswire.com/image/large/1247104/vidabayein111102.png#1402x1122) OrbisPlant: an E-Ink product platform *Two faces on a bag. Tap to update. Never charge.* **The panel we already knew works gives us a price point we can live with, and it renders fine tonal detail on paper-like surfaces — people, pets, buildings all read with natural depth and clarity.”** — Nathan Chee HONG KONG, CHINA, November 11, 2026 /[EINPresswire.com](https://www.einpresswire.com/)/ -- [VidaBay](https://www.vidabay.net) this week released two offerings at once: the Duo, a dual-sided E-Ink bag charm aimed at holiday shoppers, and [OrbisPlant](https://www.orbisplant.com), a Hong Kong-based platform that lets outside customers turn E-Ink display ideas into physical products. The Duo arrives after VidaBay's well-known product, the Snap E-Ink fridge magnet, picked up a string of press mentions. E Ink Corporation — the company that supplies the e-paper panels themselves — has endorsed it; The Verge put it in both its 2026 Mother's Day gift guide and its October under-$50 Prime Day picks; TechRadar called it the "world's most charming E-Ink fridge magnet"; French outlet Numerik Media scored it 9/10. The company claims the Duo is the first bag charm to put an E-Ink screen on each face. Where the Snap carried a Polaroid-style rectangular frame, the Duo moves to a rounded form, wrapped in translucent acrylic in blue and purple. Why the brand stayed with passive E-Ink — a word from the CEO. Nathan Chee, VidaBay's CEO, said the Duo reuses the same E Ink Corporation panels found in the Snap. "We didn't switch to a different, more expensive panel for this product," Chee said. "The panel we already knew works gives us a price point we can live with, and it renders fine tonal detail on paper-like surfaces — people, pets, buildings all read with natural depth and clarity, which is what a keepsake image needs." Battery-free design, he said, is a long-standing brand position: the product should let users update or swap images whenever they want, without ever plugging in. A companion app lets users push photos to either face of the Duo independently. That means two pictures can live on the charm at the same time — one of a couple on one side, a trip photo on the other; or the children on one face, grandparents on the reverse. VidaBay frames this as open-ended: the charm does not tell users what to put on it. An NFC tag is built into the charm. A phone tap pulls up whatever content is linked to it — a video clip, a song track, a digital business card, a webpage, or an app link. The Duo runs on passive E-Ink. The phone supplies power over NFC during the transfer, just long enough to redraw the screen; once the image is set, the charged pigment particles inside the panel stay in place with no electricity at all. The device itself needs no Wi-Fi, no Bluetooth, no cloud account, and no charging. There is no battery to recharge and no daily power management. The panel is 2.67 inches with a high PPI, fitted into a compact form factor. VidaBay Duo key features: · Bag charm with E-Ink screens on both faces · Rounded shell in translucent blue or purple acrylic · Photo upload from a phone to either side · Passive E-Ink with NFC tap-to-refresh — no internal battery · 2.67-inch high-PPI panel · Two independent displays, or the same image on both · Embedded NFC tag for videos, music, business cards, web links, app links · Zero charging, zero daily upkeep The Hong Kong entity also formally opened OrbisPlant, a separate platform for customers who want to build their own E-Ink products rather than buy VidaBay's. The platform is aimed at brands and developers with an E-Ink application idea or a custom display requirement, offering a route from concept to finished product. VidaBay says the Duo is the most recent consumer device built on the same E-Ink and NFC-transfer stack that OrbisPlant now makes available externally. The Duo is on sale now through VidaBay's site. Single-unit pricing is $65.99, dropping to $54.99 for the Black Friday window — a November launch that lines up with the shopping event. Ordering is at \[[https://www.vidabay.net/shop/](https://www.vidabay.net/shop/)\]. About VidaBay. VidaBay is a creative smart-display brand focused on bringing meaningful technology into everyday life. From its signature E-Ink products to the new VidaBay Duo dual-side bag charm, VidaBay creates battery-free, low-maintenance and highly personal products. Nathan Chee Shanghai Enqi Information Technology Co., Ltd. 135 2105 2316 Visit us on social media: [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/vidabay/) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/vidabaysnap) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/VidaBaySnap) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@VidaBay) [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@vidabaysnap) Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content "as is" without warranty of any kind. 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