{"slug": "openai-confirms-300-400-battery-powered-smart-speaker-co-designed-with-jony-ive", "title": "OpenAI confirms $300-$400 battery-powered smart speaker co-designed with Jony Ive", "summary": "OpenAI has confirmed its mystery hardware device co-designed with Jony Ive will be a battery-powered smart speaker with a hockey puck form factor and doughnut-shaped design, launching in 2027 for $300 to $400, featuring moving parts and on-device interaction. The confirmation was reported by TechCrunch and The Verge.", "body_md": "# OpenAI confirms $300-$400 battery-powered smart speaker co-designed with Jony Ive\n\nAccording to TechCrunch and The Verge, OpenAI confirmed its mystery hardware device co-designed with Jony Ive will be a battery-powered smart speaker with a hockey puck form factor and doughnut-shaped design, launching in 2027 for $300 to $400, featuring moving parts and on-device interaction.\n\n## Topics\n\n## Sources\n\n- Press\n[Read article](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/06/openais-new-ai-smart-speaker-will-reportedly-sell-for-between-300-and-400/) - Press\n[Read article](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/976431/openai-chatgpt-battery-smart-speaker-rumor)\n\n## Go deeper\n\nThis intelligence is sourced automatically from public sources across the web and synthesised by the Prefactor AI pipeline. Stories are reviewed before publication.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-confirms-300-400-battery-powered-smart-speaker-co-designed-with-jony-ive", "canonical_source": "https://www.getreadyforagents.com/news/openai-jony-ive-smart-speaker/", "published_at": "2026-08-08 20:05:21+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-09 13:18:15.152066+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Jony Ive", "TechCrunch", "The Verge"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-confirms-300-400-battery-powered-smart-speaker-co-designed-with-jony-ive", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-confirms-300-400-battery-powered-smart-speaker-co-designed-with-jony-ive.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-confirms-300-400-battery-powered-smart-speaker-co-designed-with-jony-ive.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-confirms-300-400-battery-powered-smart-speaker-co-designed-with-jony-ive.jsonld"}}