The device has features such as answering questions, making phone calls, sending text messages, taking pictures, and playing audio. The device is available for pre-order and requires only a $24 subscription per month. It will be shipped in early 2024.
Humane first revealed the device, and its basic features, such as object identification and search on the web, at an and show in early this year.
The device is controlled by hand gestures. For example, pinching the screen allows you to start a new message, play a song, or return to the main menu. Tap on the touch screen of the pin to ask a query or double tap to take a picture. Humane customers have access to an online hub that has 32 gigabytes for storage after taking a photo.
The company hopes the device, which is meant to be attached to a shirt or a blouse, will be accepted in the same way as smartwatches and wireless earbuds. Humane’is not a smartphone that offers activities like news alerts or social media scrolling. It is designed to blend into everyday life.
Ken Kocienda said that the Humane head of product development, Ken Kocienda believes the device is more like a magnet than a device that pushes content in your face.
Also, there are “personic speakers”, a combination of the words personal and sonic that play music through a streaming service named Tidal. The songs can be controlled by voice commands similar to those used on devices like Siri, Google and Alexa.
AI is also used to provide information in a conversational way and to remember previous inquiries and notes. The device’s ultimate goal is to give people all the features of a smartphone, without the temptation of disappearing into screens.
Kocienda stated, “We are looking at eachother while this is happening.” “We’re not being distracted.”
Bethany Bongiorno, CEO of Humane, is confident that the Pin will appeal to a wide audience. She calls it the first contextual computer in the world. She says that AI has now become a topic of interest for everyone, and they want to know what it will do to their lives. We’re giving you the chance to take it anywhere. We’re getting feedback from people of all ages and backgrounds, across the globe.
Bongiorno, along with her husband Imran Chaudhri created Humane, a voice assistant, in 2018. It was designed to meet specific goals, such as being able to connect directly to the cell network, be transparent when recording is taking place, and listen for wake words, unlike devices like Google, Siri and Alexa.
Also, they viewed wearable technologies such as smart glasses or AR headsets that were previously available as barriers to human interaction. The Pin is designed to have the same capabilities, but be less intrusive and comfortable to wear.
Chaudhri is the president and chairman of the company. He says, “We want powerful computing to be available at all times.” “We want to have access to more information and knowledge. “We just want it to be in a manner that allows us remain present.”