The device designed by former iPhone guru Jony Ive would reportedly use ChatGPT to answer questions and make the device “human-like.”

The AI companion will mark OpenAI’s first physical device.

OpenAI taps Jony Ive to build a $200-$300 smart speaker with facial recognition and proactive AI, targeting a February 2027 launch in its first hardware

And it’s working on even more hardware projects.

Is a HomePod with ‘personality’ what people really, really want?