We now have a better idea of what to expect from OpenAI’s long-rumoured speaker, courtesy of Bloomberg. What’s more, Gurman says it will have advanced AI-powered “humanlike interactivity” and cost over US$300 (roughly C$420) when it releases sometime in 2027. Notably, the unnamed speaker is being developed alongside former Apple design exec Jony Ive. The British-American designer left Apple in 2019 to pursue his own ventures, one of which, the AI company io Products, was acquired by OpenAI in 2025. The speaker is reportedly the first in a “family” of devices that OpenAI is planning, although it’s unclear what that might entail.