Plaud got its jumpstart in popularity with a view on agentic AI that centered around recording summaries for students and professionals. Now, it wants to become a full-time assistant with the Plaud One earbuds.
You might be familiar with the Plaud Note Pro, and that might be just because it looks like a modern retro voice recorder. It essentially is – recorded audio gets turned into highly detailed AI summaries through the Plaud app. Over the last year or so, Plaud has implemented more features to position the app as not just a summary tool, but an assistant of sorts.
The Plaud One is the next step, starting at $249. Unlike the Note Pro, the Plaud One Explorer Edition looks and acts like a pair of earbuds. The case has a lot of the same new-age retro design cues as the Note voice recorders, and it doubles as its own sort of recorder when the earbuds aren’t in use.
It isn’t an always-listening device, but it seems to skirt the line before it becomes invasive. Plaud says users can record everything the Note can, but the earbuds can also capture online meetings. It sounds like the Plaud One earbuds can capture the audio it plays, which could circumvent the difficulty of recording a call with a third-party device.
