{"id":133300,"date":"2026-08-07T22:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/133300\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:06:21","slug":"openais-new-300-doughnut-shaped-smart-home-device-will-have-moving-parts-to-make-it-more-lively-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/133300\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI’s new $300, doughnut-shaped smart home device will have moving parts to make it more lively"},"content":{"rendered":"

OpenAI\u2019s highly-anticipated new smart home device is reportedly a small, $300 doughnut-shaped speaker with cameras, movable parts and advanced technological capabilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Silicon Valley tech firm\u2019s new product-in-development is essentially a smart speaker without a display, designed to be the size of a hockey puck so it\u2019s easy to move around the home with one hand, according to a Bloomberg report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

OpenAI is looking to launch the product in 2027, marketing it as an AI-first computer that can help users check things off their to-do lists throughout the day, the report said.<\/p>\n

\"OpenAIOpenAI CEO Sam Altman arrives for a meeting at the White House on July 30. REUTERS<\/p>\n

The moveable parts are meant to give it more personality and seem more lively while it\u2019s interacting with the user, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Its unique design could also help OpenAI stand out from a plethora of smart home speakers from rivals Amazon, Alphabet and especially Apple, which has filed litigation accusing OpenAI of stealing its product designs.<\/p>\n

OpenAI did not immediately respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

It is the first of an ambitious suite of new-age devices that OpenAI plans to eventually offer, with the smart speaker seen as the safest bet to start with \u2013 as smart glasses that record video and audio face mounting privacy concerns.<\/p>\n

The new battery-powered smart device \u2013 which was made in collaboration with Jony Ives, Apple\u2019s longtime designer \u2013 will have speaker grills and microphones so it can converse with customers, as well as lights to show when it\u2019s listening.<\/p>\n

It will also come equipped with a camera system and sensors that can feed visual information about its surroundings \u2013 like the customer\u2019s home \u2013 into the AI bot, according to the report.<\/p>\n

The device\u2019s advanced tech is designed to learn more about the user over time, so it can tailor their conversations \u2013 and act more like a human.<\/p>\n

It will be battery-powered and able to work from different spots around the house, like placed on a kitchen counter or held in a user\u2019s hand, the report said.<\/p>\n

In a recent suit, Apple claimed OpenAI asked a longtime Apple supplier to develop a metal finishing technique for a new product that is similar to what the iPhone maker already offers.<\/p>\n

OpenAI dismissed the claims, saying the lawsuit is \u201ctoo vague and generalized.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear if the prototype Apple was referring to is the doughnut-shaped product in development, or a separate new device.<\/p>\n

\"IllustrationThe device is reportedly the first of an ambitious suite of new-age devices that OpenAI plans to offer. REUTERS<\/p>\n

Internally, OpenAI is pushing full-steam ahead on its new device despite the legal battle, according to Bloomberg.<\/p>\n

Consumers have started to grow wary of smart devices, especially wearables, amid reports of people<\/a> being secretly filmed<\/a> in public places \u2013 like the gym or spa \u2013 and fears of their faces being logged in unknown databases<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Standard smart speakers, like Amazon\u2019s Echo, come equipped with motion sensors, not built-in cameras \u2013 but newer versions with display screens, like the popular Echo Show models, have cameras, as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OpenAI\u2019s highly-anticipated new smart home device is reportedly a small, $300 doughnut-shaped speaker with cameras, movable parts and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[319,309,3320,157,9608,66231],"class_list":["post-133300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-openai","tag-apple","tag-business","tag-mobile-devices","tag-openai","tag-smartphones","tag-smartwatches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133300","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=133300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}