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'Smart' beverage dispensing company Bevi has unveiled a new smart water dispenser, allowing consumers to customise filtered and sparkling waters to their preference. Bevi's Standup 2.0 enables users to tailor filtered and sparkling water by changing temperature, carbonation level, flavours and enhancements, such as vitamins and electrolytes. Bevi's co-founder and CEO, Sean Grundy, said: "Our new Standup 2.0 is the water machine that we wanted to bring to life when founding Bevi eight years ago. However, we didn't have the resources and the world-class engineering team needed to make it happen until more recently." He continued: "When we launched our 1.0 machine, our goal was to match the quality and convenience of bottled water and seltzer. The purpose of 2.0 is to offer a superior, customised, fun way to drink water that simply can't be matched by bottled beverages."

The new machine helps to reduce the dependence on single-use bottles and cans by delivering filtered, sparkling and naturally-flavoured water on tap.