The device in early stage planning will be similar to a slightly thicker AirTag, paywalled The Information writes.
It will be thin, flat and circular, come with an aluminum shell and offer two cameras on the front to observe it’s surroundings and take pictures. It will also have a three microphone array for listening in — and an included speaker for output, writes MacRumors.
There is only one button on it, presumably for turning it on and off.
The presumptive idea for such a pin would be for use with an AI assistant without having to spring out a full feature phone just to check the surroundings — and it will probably work along with a phone in the Apple ecosystem.
The finished system could be able to launch as early as 2027, and Apple plans to produce around 20 million devices at launch, Engadget writes.
There is not much time to act; OpenAI said yesterday that their first device will be ready in late 2026.