Zaid Admani

According to the information, this pin will have multiple cameras, a microphone and speaker, and wireless charging.

I guess the idea here is that the pin would constantly be observing your surroundings and act as an always-on AI-powered assistant.

Now, personally, I'm not a big fan of these AI wearable devices.

And so far, these devices haven't been a hit.

There've been multiple startups that have tried launching something like this and they've all failed.

The most famous one being Humane, which was made up of formal Apple engineers.

But Apple thinks that they can do it better, which of course they can, but it's not guaranteed to be a hit.

Just look at the Vision Pro.

I think for Apple, they're trying to fend off competition from OpenAI, which is expected to launch their own AI hardware later this year.

As for Apple, they're expected to launch their device sometime in 2027.

Now for this device to have any shot of being successful, Apple obviously needs to improve their AI tech, which they think they have thanks to their partnership with Google.

Apple is expected to release a major Siri upgrade in the spring, powered by Google's Gemini models.

Apple is also expected to launch a Siri chatbot, similar to ChatGPT and Gemini, that'll be built into the iPhone, iPad, and Macs.

And then later this decade, Apple is planning to launch AI smart glasses and who knows, maybe even a robot.

As a tech nerd myself, I've learned not to get too excited about this stuff anymore because everything that Apple has done with AI has been a pretty big disappointment.

Apple's lack of AI development is a big reason why they're no longer the most valuable company in the world.

Nvidia and Google are both worth more than Apple these days, but maybe this will be the year that Apple turns things around.

By the way, Apple is reporting earnings next week on January 29th after the market closed.

We'll see if they say anything about their AI strategy on that earnings column.

And we'll recap everything on the show for you guys.