Jony Ive and Sam Altman have been teasing an AI hardware device for a long time now, and it’s increasingly looking like that tease was premature. We’re still not expecting to see a launch until some point next year.
Source: [9to5Mac](https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/30/jony-ives-first-openai-hardware-device-sounds-rather-like-a-homepad/)