{"id":105988,"date":"2026-07-14T21:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/105988\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T21:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:53:09","slug":"openai-may-announce-a-chatgpt-smart-speaker-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/105988\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI may announce a ChatGPT smart speaker this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">OpenAI\u2019s first device is set to be a smart speaker that lets you talk with ChatGPT, according to a report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-07-14\/openai-s-first-device-will-be-moveable-screenless-speaker-built-as-ai-companion?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NDA2MjAxMywiZXhwIjoxNzg0NjY2ODEzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSTYwSllUOU5KTFMwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDNEVEQ0FFMUZBMDU0MEJFQTI0QTlGMjExQzFFOTA4MCJ9.DfRN0afk0TFIaHFw9zEKYjehnfMsZfKC7gPoVos8WPI&amp;leadSource=uverify%20wall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">from Bloomberg<\/a>. The device apparently won\u2019t have a screen, but will use a camera and additional sensors to \u201cunderstand\u201d your environment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The report comes just days after Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI that accused the AI company of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/964843\/apple-openai-lawsuit-wildest-claims\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stealing hardware secrets<\/a>. OpenAI, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/965649\/openai-has-a-new-statement-about-apples-lawsuit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new statement on Tuesday<\/a>, said that it is \u201cnot aware of any evidence that this complaint has merit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Sources tell Bloomberg that OpenAI\u2019s device will also feature a rechargeable battery that will allow users to carry it with them. It will offer smart home controls, along with the ability to play media, answer questions, and respond to messages. Bloomberg additionally says that the device will use GPT-Live, OpenAI\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/962856\/chatgpt-upgraded-voice-mode-gpt-live\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">upgraded voice model announced last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Bloomberg reports that the device will use \u201cmechanical elements that can move on their own\u201d in order to \u201cconnect on a humanlike level with users.\u201d In February, The Information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/882077\/openai-chatgpt-smart-speaker-camera-glasses-lamp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported on a similar device equipped<\/a> with a camera that can recognize items or people nearby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The rumored speaker will launch in 2027 as part of OpenAI\u2019s plans for a bigger hardware lineup, which currently includes \u201croughly\u201d five devices, according to Bloomberg. OpenAI is collaborating with former Apple designer Jony Ive on the new devices <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/703114\/openai-io-jony-ive-sam-altman-ai-hardware\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">following its nearly $6.5 billion acquisition of his design company<\/a>, io Products.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">OpenAI didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment. The company has also been teasing a Codex gadget <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/959269\/heres-a-photo-of-openais-codex-hardware\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">called the Codex Micro<\/a>, made in partnership with Work Louder, that\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/959174\/openai-codex-hardware-work-louder\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">scheduled to release<\/a> on July 15th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OpenAI\u2019s first device is set to be a smart speaker that lets you talk with ChatGPT, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[24,580,66,157,15745,781],"class_list":["post-105988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-openai","tag-ai","tag-chatgpt","tag-news","tag-openai","tag-speakers","tag-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}