People photograph life's biggest moments, like a wedding, a new baby, a first grandchild or a milestone anniversary, but often lose them in an ever-growing camera roll. Aura brings those photos back into everyday life, where they can be enjoyed again and again. For many families, one of these milestones is the reason they bring home their first Aura frame.
That's why we created Astra, a brilliant 12-inch HD frame featuring Swarovski® Crystals. Designed to be gifted for weddings, engagements, milestone anniversaries and more, Astra pairs an anti-glare, dual-orientation display with an elegantly slim profile. It's a luminous celebration of the moments that matter most, made to be enjoyed long after the confetti settles.
“Astra was designed to celebrate life’s biggest moments and all the little ones in between,” said Scott Chapps, Chief Creative Officer at Aura. “We build beautiful technology that lives naturally in the home, rather than demanding your attention. With Astra, we paired the elegance of Aura’s frame design with Swarovski Crystals to create something that you’ll want to live with for years.”
Made for celebration
Astra showcases more than 15,000 Swarovski Crystals, featuring intricate mosaic-set crystals alongside 3 mm square Flat Backs. The frame looks more like home decor than a piece of tech, with a slim profile and high-quality materials, including a Moonstone White finish, a paper-textured mat and an elegant custom stand. We designed it with timelessness in mind, because some memories are worth celebrating again and again.
Astra's HD anti-glare display works in portrait or landscape and shares the same 4:3 aspect ratio as smartphone photos. It automatically adjusts its brightness based on the room's lighting and shuts off in the dark, so there's no screen glare at night. Each display is individually color calibrated, and a touchbar on the frame's bezel lets you control the frame while keeping the display free of fingerprints.
Whether it's a gift to yourself or someone else, Astra arrives in a bespoke gift box and is easy to preload with photos, videos and a personalized message. Once it's unwrapped, family and friends can keep adding to it from anywhere using the Aura app, Web Uploader, Apple Photos, Google Photos, iCloud, an iPhone camera roll or the frame's dedicated email address. You can also text photos straight to the frame.
Like every Aura frame, Astra requires no subscription fees. Astra comes with unlimited cloud storage, no tier of features locked behind a monthly plan and no hidden costs after the gift is given.
Aura Astra is available now for $399 at auraframes.com and Bloomingdale's.