Nothing CEO says company’s mysterious AI-first device is dropping next month

Nothing, the smartphone startup behind the distinctive Nothing Phone , is working on an AI product, but what it is remains unclear.

On Wednesday, CEO Carl Pei posted on X that the company’s first “AI-native product” ships in December. “It’s a tool, but one built with the personality and care that have come to define a Nothing product. It has no new screen, and it couldn’t have been an app,” Pei wrote.

Pei has teased an AI-first device for some time and the company has also said that it plans to release a pair of AI-linked smart glasses, as well as earbuds with AI integrations.

Pei’s description adds up to a screenless non-app that uses AI? He also calls it as a “productivity tool.” Adding further mystique to the announcement, Pei seems to downplay any link to AI wearables.

“The whole industry is hunting for its iPhone moment: the pendant, the pin, the glasses, the companion, some magical consumer device that makes AI part of everyone’s life,” Pei wrote. “I admire the boldness, but I read this moment differently.”

No firm release date has been announced, but Nothing fans should know soon enough what the company has in store for them.

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