The sad end of AI Pin, the device that promised to replace cell phones and ended up being a failure

The first reviews of the product marked the destination of this Smart pin since they predicted that he was not going to have a future too promising.

The popular youtuber Marques Brownlee (MKBHD), Word of weight in the industry tech Globally, he made a product review before launch and was lapidary: “It’s bad in almost everything that basically does all the time”.

The thing did not improve over the months, since, in mid -2024, Humane was still looking for buyers and in August of that year More units of the AI ​​Pin were returned than they were sold.

Developed by former director of Applehe’s you have pine promised to replace cell phones from the hand of artificial intelligence: It is a small portable device that is placed in clothes with magnets as if it were a brooch.

It is used in two ways: by voice commands (as Alexa the Siri) the Through a laser that projects a screen on the palm of the hand.

Among its functionalities, the possibility of making calls, sending emails and text messages, ask questions (such as chatgpt), take photos, play songs, take notes, translate and more. It began to be sold in the United States from $ 700.

But sales never started; And it was just a matter of time for the device to see its end and that day finally came: Humane confirmed that the AI ​​Pin stops sellingwhich supposes goodbye to one of the most innovative and ambitious products of recent years.

The same Humane, the artificial intelligence company founded by Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, issued a statement in which he announces that he will stop selling his AI device with immediate effect and that All units that were sold ceased to be operational February 28, 2025.

“Your AI Pin will continue to run normally until February 28, 2025, at 12:00 PM PST. After that date, it will stop connecting to Humane servers and access will be completely withdrawn,” they detailed in a press release.

Humane also confirmed that “the functions of your pin ai already They will not include calls, messaging, consultations/responses AI or access to the cloud“And they recommended to the users of said device that synchronize their AI Pin via Wi-Fi and download” all images, videos and notes stored from .Center before February 28, 2025 “, since, if they do not” their data will be lost when they are eliminated on February 28, 2025 at 12pm PST “.

In addition, in a document with the main FAQS or frequent questions about the closure, Humane explains that it will only offer reimbursements of the AI ​​PIN that have been requested “Within the 90 -day return window from the original shipping date” and that these reimbursements should be sent “before February 27, 2025”.

In the case of those who hired a subscription to Humane before February 28, the company ensures that It will issue a refund with the prorated amount of the time that was not used.

Regarding the company itself, recently, the technology company HP acquired so much Personal Technical Humane like his more than 300 patents and patent requests for an amount of 116 million dollars; although they would not have in their plans to hold the division of devices. However, once the operation is completed, the knowledge of Chaudhri and Bongiorno, two key figures in the design and development of products in Apple will have in their possession.

During his time in Cupertino, Chaudhri led teams in the development of interfaces for products such as the iPhone and the iPad. For his part, Bongiorno stood out for his experience in Software Engineering and Project Management in the development of iOS and Macos Operating Systems.

At the expense of what HP can do now with the company after its purchase, the emerging world of the devices specialized in AI seems to run out of alternatives: neither does the Rabbit R1 He has managed to give on the key. There is a good reason why the outcome has been this.