Apple Pin puts two cameras, three microphones and speaker into gadget with AirTag form factor

[Redaktion]

The race for the "next big thing" is getting more intense. Alongside ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Apple is reportedly also working on an AI gadget that supposedly puts many practical features in a particularly small device. A report has now revealed many hardware details of this rumored product.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-Pin-puts-two-cameras-three-microphones-and-speaker-into-gadget-with-AirTag-form-factor.1209372.0.html

[jlthom]

they're trying to make star trek-style pin communicators.

[Hugh]

they're trying to make star trek-style pin communicators.

You can already buy those. They connect to your phone.

Buying/carrying a worse version of what you already have in-hand with your phone (and are probably still required to keep within 30 feet at all times, since its your data connection) is lame and pointless.
That's why every other AI pin flopped (and will continue to flop). That's why Apple Vision flopped. That's why you don't see smart watches anymore. That's why the average age of an iPad user is either a 3 year old who can't read, or 85, blind, and in hospice - with no users in-between.

Forget about the obvious and deeply disturbing privacy problems (There's a reason why the FBI stopped needing to ask apple's permission every time they wanted to unlock an iphone) - All these gimmick AI products are asking for you to pay large up-front costs plus "unlimited money forever" for un-ownable, Subscription-mandatory hardware that are literally useless.
And it's a great scam, since people are very very dumb. But Apple should be trying harder than to cash-out their brand identity in a desperate hope to make a quick buck off of e-waste.