{"id":5116,"date":"2026-08-06T23:42:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=5116"},"modified":"2026-08-06T23:42:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:42:31","slug":"openai-chatgpt-battery-smart-speaker-rumor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=5116","title":{"rendered":"Jony Ive\u2019s first OpenAI gadget is reportedly a hockey puck-sized smart speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The AI device OpenAI is developing with former Apple designer Jony Ive is \u201cessentially a smart speaker without a display\u201d that\u2019s battery-powered, doughnut-shaped and roughly the size of a hockey puck, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-08-06\/what-is-openai-s-device-a-doughnut-shaped-speaker-that-costs-over-300\"><em>Bloomberg<\/em><\/a> reporter Mark Gurman. The device, expected to launch in 2027 for a price over $300, reportedly \u201cwill have a unique look, complete with moving parts,\u201d including some that will move on their own to show when the device is responding or interacting with the user, along with lights, a camera system, and other sensors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Gurman\u2019s sources also say the \u201cbattery-powered\u201d device is designed to be \u201ceasy to carry around the home with one hand,\u201dsimilar to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/4\/6\/11371814\/amazon-tap-review-alexa-echo-bluetooth-speaker\">Amazon\u2019s now-discontinued Tap speaker<\/a>. Gurman says it will \u201cwork similarly to the company\u2019s ChatGPT voice mode on smartphone apps, but with more advanced models for humanlike interactivity\u201d but look and feel nothing like an Apple product \u2014 despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/podcast\/968787\/apple-openai-trade-secrets-lawsuit-ai-hardware-smartphone-jony-ive\">their ongoing lawsuit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The speaker \/ pocket personal assistant could be the first in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/972709\/openai-hardware-greg-brockman-interview\">\u201cfamily of devices\u201d<\/a> OpenAI has planned, but we\u2019ll probably hear a lot more about all of them before it eventually arrives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/976431\/openai-chatgpt-battery-smart-speaker-rumor\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AI device OpenAI is developing with former Apple designer Jony Ive is \u201cessentially a smart speaker without a display\u201d that\u2019s battery-powered, doughnut-shaped and roughly the size of a hockey puck, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. The device, expected to launch in 2027 for a price over $300, reportedly \u201cwill have a unique look, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[31,46,78],"class_list":["post-5116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-ai","tag-news","tag-openai"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jony Ive\u2019s first OpenAI gadget is reportedly a hockey puck-sized smart speaker - Silvybrand Lifestyle Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"OpenAI is working on a \u201cdoughnut-shaped\u201d AI device that is similar to \u201ca smart speaker without a display,\u201d according to a report from Bloomberg.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=5116\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jony Ive\u2019s first OpenAI gadget is reportedly a hockey puck-sized smart speaker - 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