Humane AI Pin
A polished but pointless wearable that does nothing a phone can't, costs as much as a high-end phone, and is slow.
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- Price when I covered it
- $700
- Featured in
- 2 videos · 2024–2024
- Category
- Wearables
What I liked
- polished, minimalist design
- Excellent build quality and design
- Small and light
- No wake words thanks to touchpad
- Interpreter translation worked well
What I didn't
- does nothing a smartphone can't
- as expensive as a high-end phone
- extra subscription cost
- slow to respond
- $700 plus $24 monthly subscription
- Stops working if you stop paying
In my words
Straight from the video. Tap a timestamp to hear me say it.
“The AI Pin did absolutely nothing that your smartphone couldn't already do”
“I slated it, lots of media slated it”
“I think they have absolutely nailed the hardware”
“I can't see a single angle from which it makes sense”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
15:4714 most AWKWARD Tech Fails of all timeA polished but pointless wearable that does nothing a phone can't, costs as much as a high-end phone, and is slow.
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0:00I tested the Humane AI Pin - It's not good.Beautifully built hardware with a clever idea, but slow, unreliable, expensive and pointless next to a smartphone.
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Why it's on these shelves
- Gimmick
“do you want to see the coolest party trick of the century though”
▶ 1:35 - Premium tax
“the Humane pin is just phone Hardware with a fancy new way to interact with it”
▶ 21:37
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People who marked this as owned. My verdict is mine, this is theirs.








