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Morning Edition · Monday, August 10, 2026Published at 2:21 AM EDT · New York
OpenAI's First Hardware Device Is Reported as a Displayless Speaker Priced Above $300
The battery-powered, hockey-puck-sized unit comes from Jony Ive's LoveFrom, follows OpenAI's $6.5 billion purchase of his hardware company io, and is reported for 2027.
OpenAI's first consumer hardware product is a doughnut-shaped, screenless smart speaker priced above $300 and set for 2027, according to reporting summarized by Decrypt. Descriptions place it at roughly the size of a hockey puck, battery-po…
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