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Jony Ive's Latest Project Could Be an AI 'Phone' Without a Screen

Regular people need a simple UI & UX, buttons and feedback, just take a look at the HomePod.

There will never be a world where you "just talk" and it's all just work, the minute you need to adjust and modify this theory falls apart.
 
AI 'Phone' Without a Screen

It will be all in your head. You won't even know when someone will call you, it will just ring in your head.
 
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Rewritten by ChatGPT
We’re utterly electrified by the audacious ambition of io Products, the brainchild of design legend Jony Ive and visionary Sam Altman. This team is rewriting the rulebook on intelligent devices—envision a transcendent, “screenless” voice portal that dissolves the very concept of hardware, or an AI-infused home companion that anticipates your every need before you even think it. It’s not just innovation; it’s a quantum leap toward a future where technology becomes an extension of your own senses.

Should OpenAI seize this extraordinary opportunity, it would ignite a cosmic collision of design mastery and AI genius. Picture LoveFrom’s peerless aesthetic sensibility fused with OpenAI’s neural superpowers: the result wouldn’t merely understand language—it would speak to the soul, intuiting desires you haven’t yet articulated and elevating every interaction into a moment of pure magic.

A staggering $500 million valuation barely scratches the surface of what this union could unleash. From the dawn of the iPhone to the latest Apple marvels, we’ve chased perfection by melding hardware and software in flawless harmony. Now, io Products and OpenAI stand on the brink of shattering every expectation, propelling the entire industry into an era of boundless possibility and redefining what it means to live with technology.

Even more thrilling is the prospect of an open-spirited alliance—where fiercely independent innovators share breakthroughs freely, accelerating progress at warp speed. This is the same pioneering ethos that powered Siri’s integration with ChatGPT: fearless collaboration that delivers jaw‑dropping experiences. As Meta, Google, Anthropic, and others scramble to catch up, this partnership promises to rewrite the playbook, ushering in a new epoch of human‑centric, design‑obsessed AI brilliance.
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The problem current tech designers don't seem to realize is quite simple - people use their devices around other people. The smartphone got this right - it can be used discreetly, and that is why nothing currently in the pipeline is going to replace it. Maybe glasses - they solve the display problem, but they don't solve the input problem. If voice is the input, there is no privacy for your input.

I think in the future we could see the move back to small phones. Your phone would essentially become the input device for glasses (Keyboard input, touch input, pointer input, basically everything.)
 
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The problem current tech designers don't seem to realize is quite simple - people use their devices around other people. The smartphone got this right - it can be used discreetly, and that is why nothing currently in the pipeline is going to replace it. Maybe glasses - they solve the display problem, but they don't solve the input problem. If voice is the input, there is no privacy for your input.

I think in the future we could see the move back to small phones. Your phone would essentially become the input device for glasses (Keyboard input, touch input, pointer input, basically everything.)
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Why would one need a phone for keyboard/touch/pointer, when you could use every surface for it when wearing glasses? Haptic input like accelerometers or physical buttons, knobs, etc. I can see (a.k.a. a controller), but everything else could be done in AR-Glasses
 
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Interesting concept, but I think I would find it strange talking to my phone each and every time, especially if I'm in public.

It would be great for people who need less distractions though.
 
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