The Vergecast · Monday, July 27, 2026
Several tech companies, including OpenAI, SpaceX, and Amazon, are reportedly developing new AI-focused devices that are not intended to be smartphones. The goal is to create a new category of device where AI is the primary interface, potentially disrupting the current smartphone market.
“We're gonna talk about this new set of AI devices that appear to be coming for us, that are not phones.”
“But they seem to be a lot like phones.”
“And they're trying desperately to unseat the smartphone while seemingly discovering that the only way to do that is to make a smartphone.”
“Right? Every time I want to do anything, the first thing I have to do is open an app and log into that app.”