OpenAI device: $300–$400 hockey puck
OpenAI's upcoming Jony Ive-designed smart device is reportedly donut-shaped and hockey-puck-sized, expected to cost between $300–$400 and launch in 2027.
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OpenAI's Hockey-Puck Device: Next Big Thing or Next Humane Pin?
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Kara runs through the details: the device is donut-shaped and hockey-puck-sized, will include a camera, lights, and motion sensors, is designed by Jony Ive's studio, will cost between $300 and $400, and is expected to launch in 2027 [1] — Casey Newton "OpenAI's upcoming Jony Ive-designed hockey-puck-sized device will cost $300–$400 and launch in 2027. Casey Newton thinks it's basically jus…" 49:20 . Casey is skeptical — despite the AI sophistication, everything he's read about it sounds like it's basically just Alexa. He recalls asking Sam Altman directly two years earlier if it would just be Alexa, and being told emphatically no; the current reporting doesn't fill him with confidence. Kevin, who admits to living in an 'Alexa household,' is enthusiastic but for a specific reason: he plans to lose between three and four units per year. Kara is a clear no — she tried the Humane Pin and the Rabbit R1 and concluded that nothing has yet meaningfully improved on the phone. The discussion lands on a broader point: the phone is so good at so many things that any new device faces an almost impossible bar to clear.
OpenAI's Hockey Puck: Smarter Alexa or the Next Humane Pin?
OpenAI's upcoming Jony Ive-designed hockey-puck-sized device will cost $300–$400 and launch in 2027. Casey Newton thinks it's basically just a better Alexa — which isn't saying much. Kevin Roose is mostly excited because he plans to lose three of them per year.
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