I feel like 95% of all these AI gizmos will reach EOL after just about a year of being out in the market at most.
@musman98536 ай бұрын
a year? wow, you're optimistic
@John-du2mq6 ай бұрын
For now until the tech gets way better. Then it will get to a point where improvement is minimal.
@quentenburnett72966 ай бұрын
That's what happens when companies have the Gold Rush mentality. They aren't making these things to fill a certain need, they are making them because AI is the hot buzzword for investors, just like Crypto/Web3. Or how IoT was in the early 2010s.
@duffin.caprous6 ай бұрын
They are incredibly short term, for sure. Why would I want a device that does one thing when my phone can do so many things and do them mostly well? Why would I want to talk to a lapel pin to interact with it at all times? I don't even like speaking to my smart watch in public.
@xbxb6 ай бұрын
I mean, they have to pay for the chatgpt right?
@bottomtext58726 ай бұрын
What a joke, paying over a hundred dollars for a slab of metal with mics and processors and you still have to pay a subscription ontop for advertised features.
@Mmmmilo6 ай бұрын
The irony being that you’re sticking a slab of metal with mics and processors… to your slab of metal with mics and processors.
@mabey80486 ай бұрын
@@Mmmmilo yep, I would get the appeal if it had excellent recording quality but it doesn't even sound good lol
@Matanumi6 ай бұрын
I really hope people start rejecting this "subscription models" en masse
@bawbsmith6 ай бұрын
@@MatanumiWith AI, there’s no way. Operating cost is directly proportional to usage. Nearly any company would go bankrupt offering a free AI service, unless you’re a juggernaut like Microsoft or Google. Even then they’re just selling your data, with these AI tools as a perfect gateway.
@poeterritory6 ай бұрын
I would have prefered to hear just how good it was at recording calls.
@Sb1296 ай бұрын
>Subscription into the trash it goes
@ulischmidt036 ай бұрын
Yup.
@OliverStapley6 ай бұрын
Looks great, but subscription models kill great products
@TheDragonfriday6 ай бұрын
Indeed there too many subscriptions services that is usually rarely used specific used
@bigblueocean6 ай бұрын
Exactly. I don't mind paying for something, I just don't wish to carry on paying for that thing.
@jefffrederick2586 ай бұрын
They really do
@qiwentan53186 ай бұрын
They have to pay fees to Open AI for using their API, keeping it forever free will not be sustainable as product like these certainly won't be able to convince you upgrade every year. It just sad truth for these small companies that have great product, but because they are small and have to relies on services from companies like Open AI API, Amazon AWS or Azure server
@MuitoDaora6 ай бұрын
@@qiwentan5318Everybody understood the reason for the subscription. But still a hindrance to the product.
@DannerBanks6 ай бұрын
$160 😂. And a $180/yr for transcription service 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@alexlam246 ай бұрын
Just another product from techbros who promise their product will finally change the world.... When phones already have this feature for free
@ingusmant5 ай бұрын
And you're limited to 10 hours a month, there goes the pro market
@Gavo1726 ай бұрын
All these AI pin products seem like a solution looking for a problem, except there's other solutions out there that don't cost an arm and a leg
@Reckless-mindfulness6 ай бұрын
and other solutions that give your better results with better UI. i.e. Phones.
@Matanumi6 ай бұрын
Yeah phones can be modded to do these things 9 times out of 10 We are going backwards with tech it seems
@bawbsmith6 ай бұрын
@@Matanumi Not "we", just a handful of startups that are rushing poorly thought out products in order to cash in on the AI hype.
@UnusedChar6 ай бұрын
the hubris of charging a subscription while giving them all the training data for free
@ingusmant5 ай бұрын
Training? They're using the openAI API, they didn't develop anything
@ksh65 ай бұрын
I do not think these can be used for training, because for that, you need the correct version of the audio in text format, and the audio clip. A better training can be achieved by just using human subtitled videos on youtube, and subtitles movies and tv shows.
@ThePerradox6 ай бұрын
Thanks for letting us get to hear Kid Mobile. :)
@ziginox5 ай бұрын
Those simple ferrous (not magnetic, they're just metal) rings suck if you want to continue using Qi. At best, they'll make a Qi charger shut down due to foreign object detection. At worst, they get extremely hot and present a burn or even fire hazard. I really appreciate that you dug into the company's terms of service and privacy policy. I feel that these have been glossed over far too much with almost every company we deal with for the past forty some-odd years, and we've ended up in this awful state for it.
@DijaVlogsGames6 ай бұрын
An instant NO for software subscriptions. It‘s enough.
@Matanumi6 ай бұрын
Cooler products have failed harder for less (jibo)
@hermanstoop2646 ай бұрын
Why is it not just an app???
@PierlucF6 ай бұрын
Because if it was an app, they would just blend in with thousands of other apps and most people would not care. A physical product with a cool design is a way to catch people’s attention
@giowawa50356 ай бұрын
There is already a recording app in your phone 😂
@ulischmidt036 ай бұрын
Because if it was an app, they couldn't charge 160 for a lump of metal to coerse people to pay 180 a year to use the product that they just purchased, instead most people who would be interested in this app would download it, realize it's another subscription service and then uninstall the app.
@Matanumi6 ай бұрын
So they can get VC funding. same reasons for the rabbit being harswae
@ninjatogo6 ай бұрын
I think it could be a nice gadget that works better than an app if the mic quality was noticeably better than the average phone. I have used my phone to try to record meetings but found that most phones aren't that great for picking up voices from afar. This product however doesn't sound all that great
@MobiusGT6 ай бұрын
I still think expensive unitaskers whose only crutch is ai are stupid. If my galaxy s24 didn't have some of its ai features baked in i ironically might be happier with the phone. (mostly bc the ai features i have used just are pretty terrible like photo editing)
@pasky77775 ай бұрын
The production quality in this video is over the top. I have subscribed just for the very reason that it is so well done.
@Monkeymeep5 ай бұрын
I love how the child version of himself has the same pauses when he speaks
@JerzyLasica5 ай бұрын
I believe it has a place (especially because of call recording and all the drama related to that), BUT it needs to offer everything there is related to that -prompt programming option, labeling speakers (not just 2 in calls, but everyone in the meeting) - also an option to rename those speakers manually afterwards and unlimited (or memory limited) recording. I understand subscription for AI summary (there are resources needed that cost money; I don't agree with it) but it needs to be lower and there should be tiers. This is the only way it has value IMO.
@linuxhereproductions6 ай бұрын
Shiny e-waste
@Matanumi6 ай бұрын
A lot of this stuff with AI baked features have become just that
@EducatedEngineer4 ай бұрын
As someone who daily drives this, it's been absolutely phenomenal. It's a tool that does exactly what I need it to do.
@1mezion6 ай бұрын
wow u as a kid, cool and really awesome that you still have them to listen to
@seanmachan65516 ай бұрын
OH MY GOD you did Captains logs too?? I still have my microcassette from the 90's and...so many captain's logs. Me and a friend had a blast logging like, everything we saw.
@okojijoko6 ай бұрын
I'm not one for this type of product. Great video either way. On a side note: I bought a Clicks case for my wife's phone and she's been loving it ever since.
@TheMrMobile6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the support! Hope she continues to enjoy Clicks!
@MrKooderna8 күн бұрын
This review doesn't scratch the surface of how insane this thing is. Touch the button during a meeting. It automatically detects and organizes every single "to do #or actionable item for you, it doesn't just sumarrise the meeting and allow you to search, you can record the weekly meeting with your boss being fully engaged not taking any notes, and it will automatically sort any to dos and actionable items and even calendar due dates for the that were stated during the meeting. It does this BY ITSELF. it even splits who is speaking in the meeting into multiple speakers if you're on a weekly team meeting, it does way more than summarize the meeting, it literally is the entire end of note taking all together.
@ruxcooking6 ай бұрын
Props to mrmobile for the due diligence
@MrPatonMarshall6 ай бұрын
I feel like this one might survive and evolve. Very interesting idea indeed. Especially for places that don't allow cameras but still allow audio recorders. The transcription service definitely sets it apart from current audio recorders.
@MetalMedly6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for including a small privacy research in the review. Most reviewers just ignore that part, but it is a glaring problem with all the new cloud based AI systems. Almost none of the advanced features are available on device without some sort of upload.
@michaelgrayson4096 ай бұрын
The Home Alone quick cuts gave me the nostalgia chuckles. Well done.
@RandomTeq5 ай бұрын
I'm tempted. If you're a content creator, you want a recorder on the go to capture your fleeting thoughts without having to use your phone as it can distract the thoughts.
@PaulDominguez2 ай бұрын
Great information about protecting personal information. Thank you for honest review!
@JimIBobIJones6 ай бұрын
I don't think many employers would be comfortable having this listen in on meetings and allowing a third party's AI summarising discussions that might be commercially sensitive.
@daidai012006 ай бұрын
But there’s nothing stopping employees from using this or other products that do similar things.
@JimIBobIJones6 ай бұрын
@@daidai01200 if they are willing to risk getting fired and possibly sued over it
@hugoool05125 ай бұрын
Hey boss, I don't know if you been told this before but you been doing the cleanest sponsorship introductions in the industry. How i wish other creators would do it like you: the disclaimer at the beginning of the video. Keep it up! And have a great day.
@ulischmidt036 ай бұрын
Hold on, $180 per year, but only 10 hours of recording per month!? Thats $15 per 10 hours! YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST USE CASSETTE TAPES!!!
@JJ-ud1xr2 ай бұрын
Excellent review and most importantly I appreciate the mention about true ownership of the company
@TarasBuria6 ай бұрын
The audacity to charge you $180/year (!!!) and limit to just 10 hours of recording per month. What a joke.
@Freak80MC5 ай бұрын
Transcribing and then summarizing voice recordings actually sounds like a use for AI I can get behind. But like everyone else has said, the subscription kills this for everyday use.
@Ben-vu4jn5 ай бұрын
Phew the amount of voice data they are shipping overseas with this device is terrifying... GREAT reporting
@DarshanShah106 ай бұрын
Couldn't the action button on the iPhone just do that?
@joer83864 ай бұрын
Exactly!
@marcinhf5 ай бұрын
Thank you! I think this is the first time I saw a review where someone goes deep into "who" is the company. So needed, so important 👍🏻 Kudos!
@quentenburnett72966 ай бұрын
I have a feeling that the 2020s will be remembered in the tech world as the decade where many great products were destroyed by using a subscription model. I think we'll eventually get to the point where subscription becomes a dirty word because consumers are so tired of them and have so many. They are so anti-consumer that people will eventually say enough is enough. At least I hope so.
@EXiLExJD6 ай бұрын
Most of these AI powered devices seem pointless when I already have an AI app on my phone that pretty much does the same things. I give these devices 6-8 months before the company dies and the servers are shut down, making it an expensive paperweight.
@monkeybarmonkeyman6 ай бұрын
Naming it Claude or even Clod would have upped cool factor by at least 11%. At least.
@darrenmorin6 ай бұрын
Cat: Hey, I was playing with that!
@youngalientype5 ай бұрын
"Anything not nailed down is a cat toy."
@MarkDell6 ай бұрын
I'm now interested in a video about your void kitty! I've not seen them before!
@KROMO506 ай бұрын
TGI Friday 😂😂😂 miss the old days
@JustinSCampbell3 ай бұрын
I had one too. Home Alone 2 was a big deal when I was a kid.
@shahreiftaylor16876 ай бұрын
That cat is so cute! 😍 Question: Are you captain two pets as well😉?
@deanchur6 ай бұрын
The single button argument is out of the window as well with many phones having a programmable side button.
@JerzyLasica5 ай бұрын
Regarding reviews, It'd be great if you did PhoneCam - essenitally a $70 AI pin, Schiffmann's Tab AI (around 600$) and Rewind Pendant: Rewindai - a 60$ Tab. It would be great if one reviewer compared those similar devices to see why is there a 10x$ difference and if it's justifiable.
@NeoDaOne6 ай бұрын
as said by many, this is a no go. if I ever cared about using this process daily, my phone already does it. the smartphone has solved a bunch of tasks we use or eventually will if it hasnt already...
@CF5425 ай бұрын
So, what happens to this device if/when the company closes its doors? Can you still use it? Can you even use it without a subscription at all?
@rrad81065 ай бұрын
As soon as the term "subscription" came up, the interest went to zero. Not paying for something I already have on every other device I own... for FREE. And without the data feed into some AI.
@Mandakins3474 ай бұрын
Accurate describing and relating to the audience. You dialed in ... on many marketing aspects (relatable, ADHD style- I enjoyed processing the various ways you expressed value through content styling. Proud of you. I appreciate the effort and value the content.
@Mandakins3474 ай бұрын
Circumspect review. High value content.
@rudito226 ай бұрын
So as someone who has used whisper before, are they really using the API and then fronting the costs to users? You can easily run whisper directly on phone hardware, what a weird grift if that's the case.
@robinrai49736 ай бұрын
I hate to be a downer, but man I for one cannot wait till the tech industry gets over the AI fad and needlessly shoehorning it into everything they can see or touch
@qwertzy1212126 ай бұрын
Why waste time shipping this to customers when you can simply send it straight to the landfill instead?
@lifehackertips2 ай бұрын
subscription kills it. Imagine if all those gadgets we had years ago required subscriptions, none of them would work anymore.
@TimN-53 ай бұрын
I use Google's recorder for work and it does a serviceable job for free. The transcriptions and AI summaries aren't perfect but the app works well enough to go back and remember a conversation.
@luizbiazonbiazon71106 ай бұрын
The Best..... Mr Mobile
@AMPProf6 ай бұрын
Naww WE need A pocket smart watch with Scifi steampunk cases
@ThePerradox6 ай бұрын
@@AMPProf A Pocket smart watch with two foldable screens
@chrislehr65473 ай бұрын
Love these reviews, helps make sensible purchases. Thank you.
@Purplmoose2 ай бұрын
iOS 18 is going to make this device obsolete. It has the option to record and transcribe notes.
@AtrocityEquine012 ай бұрын
I was on board until they flat out put the subscription service and of course, the sheer suspiciousness of their privacy. Also...Michael saying how excited he is for the Rabbit and Humane AI Pin... _ouch..._
@whatr04 ай бұрын
it's funny you say this at 7:31 considering the Rabbit has been subject to it much more than the the Plaud
@mightyskull5 ай бұрын
Love the background tracks Michael!
@SirNarax4 ай бұрын
They looked up 'overpriced' in a dictionary and thought: 'that is too cheap.'
@mstheman106 ай бұрын
I just don’t get it. Why would you carry around an extra product which is meant to go on the back of your phone, that does the same thing that the phone already does? This 100+ dollar product with a subscription is already a free app
@ninjatogo6 ай бұрын
I've been in search of a super compact voice recorder for long meetings at work. Using my phone isn't that great because it has trouble picking up voices far away. If this had better mics and didn't have a subscription, I would be all over this.
@iamaricky5 ай бұрын
this would be great if it worked with google ( and without the plaud subscription, they make plenty money just on the hardware and replacing the ones that fall off a building, or get dropped in concrete) . This is great for people who do site visits, as the phone microphone would be busy during video taking.
@AsharabAhmed6 ай бұрын
Call recording is such a small yet important option for me. I've set my oneplus 9 to automatically record calls from unknown numbers and it tells the other side when it starts/ ends recording and i've saved a lot of time because scammers and time wasters listen to the phone tell them that it is recording and just end the call themselves.
@amirshokouhi31265 ай бұрын
On one hand, the new generation have shown some interests in limiting their smart phone usage. On the other hand, the majority are still simply leaning more toward all-in-one device direction. It is hard to imagine a day that such secondary devices can find their place back in our pockets unless the software/hardware solution can be truly unique... (which I doubt)
@Pahadidank5 ай бұрын
They are essentially trying to do a new version of Shell companies to Shell Addresses (because there is no vetting or threshold)
@chrancylewhern4443Ай бұрын
Great review. Thanks for pointing out those red flags
@Chemy.6 ай бұрын
It's an interesting technology, I wonder if the real point of that many gadgets being developed around AI is to create something to be bought by a bigger company
@TylerKupferer6 ай бұрын
Yeah seems like we're in another boom of tech that isn't really being made for consumers. They are sham products that just need to be plausible enough to appeal to VCs and larger companies, and once the founder cashes out, the whole brand gets abandoned.
@ardas776 ай бұрын
yeah, and if it were to be released last year it would have BLOCKCHAIN
@moranmono6 ай бұрын
If the call recording works good, this could be a game changer for a lot of people
@AmadeusAlmighty5 ай бұрын
"I recorded Kirk's incriminating captain's log entry from Star Trek VI from memory. Don't judge..." Don't judge?? I'm legit impressed!!
@Infernoman646 ай бұрын
I'm a sucker for gadgets like this...but not enough to warrent yet another subscription
@paulboakes36806 ай бұрын
Just use the voice recorder on your phone ? As soon as I saw where it was made and the subscription price it ended for me 👍 .
@DPD925 ай бұрын
huge missed opportunity not having stellar audio, i would totally buy this with better fidelity even if it meant it was much thicker
@vystorm3 ай бұрын
I would buy it if it had unlimited hours of recording
@insertnamehere65596 ай бұрын
Not sure if there was an AV equipment upgrade or the lighting was just extra kind today but wow, the video looks extra crisp!
@steveoverstreet56356 ай бұрын
Thanks, Mr. Mobile! You just saved me a sack of cash!
@vinnypiazza48515 ай бұрын
If it had a companion app that utilized open source/portable models like Vicuna and ran locally to avoid much of these red flags I'm seeing at the cost of some speed then I'd actually buy one. However that's not the case unfortunately
@lumpython53516 ай бұрын
I can run Whisper from OpenAI completely offline on my iPhone for free, the maximum length of audio I've tried is about one hour due to the RAM limitation on iPhone. The limitation doesn't exist on iPad or Mac.
@flybriur5 ай бұрын
As you said Michael, it's not necessarily bad that they don't seem to actually be a U.S.-based company (as most of their employees look to be outside the U.S.). The problem for me, that you highlighted, is that they are saying they are a U.S.-based company which seems to be only in the sense that they have a registered agent here. And to me, that is very misleading. For example, imagine being able to label product as "Made in the USA" if only 1% of it was actually made in the United States -- for me that is wildly misleading. And so, getting back to Plaud, I'm sorry, but for me they are being extremely misleading in claiming they are based in the U.S.; for that reason alone, it's enough that I wouldn't even consider using their product.
@Gary05576 ай бұрын
I don't know about the US, but in the UK we can record phone calls but have to advise the other person that we are doing so first. Recorded calls can still be inadmissible in court if the other party refused permission to record.
@lmitz6 ай бұрын
Here in the US some states allow recording without permission and some require permission from all parties.
@tremarley96486 ай бұрын
In the UK, we only have to advise the other person we are recording the phone call if we are calling on behalf of a business. Personal phone calls do not need the alert
@Gary05575 ай бұрын
@@tremarley9648 Thanks for clarifying.
@Bacender6 ай бұрын
You can get whisper on your phone or self host it at home. Such a weird piece of tech.
@Gary05573 ай бұрын
Michael had the same speech style and intonation even at that age.
@makwikus6 ай бұрын
So... YOU pay THEM $180 a year, so THEY can use your voice to train their AI engine? Is there ANY AI thing that does not seem like a grift? Edit: lol just got to the shady part XD
@ilpoheikkila47736 ай бұрын
Great video again! I wanted to watch more your videos after this one, the ones I haven’t watched yet. I had to scroll 3 years back to LG Crystal video. 😂
@almaq20785 ай бұрын
So this is basically an audio storage device? The actual intelligence / processing is my phone or PC right?
@axa9936 ай бұрын
Models are going to be useless until we can run them on local hardware
@Elduderino90975 ай бұрын
Yayyy more quick landfill
@kevinpaulmyrick6 ай бұрын
I had a talkboy when I was a kid! Loads of fun!
@jeremycarter33616 ай бұрын
I forgot Yak Baks existed until you said the word!
@thejollyredgiant57144 ай бұрын
I’m in a sales position, I was thinking that this could be great for when I’m on a sales appointment so that I can take notes during the appointment without being distracted from the client. Any thoughts?
@onlynexus6 ай бұрын
The charger reminds me of the original Pebble watch!
@bairnonessie5 ай бұрын
Put it this way, I can listen to just about any song I listened to countless times as a kid and, when I actually focus on the lyrics, the poignancy hits me like a truck. I can go back and listen to pretty much any pop song in the last 20 years and... Yeah nah. You want real lyrics in today's music? Hit the metal scene. Especially underground.
@zooedca3 ай бұрын
So can't these just be an app on your smartphone?!
@JamesTheHuman6 ай бұрын
What voice memo app do you use? What is the voice memo app shown at 8:21?
@Xalmr4 ай бұрын
It was confusing because the video appeared to compare to other voice memo apps, but the voice memo app shown with the different summary structures was actually the Plaud app.
@Jazzy-kz6wd5 ай бұрын
i don't even care about transcription or audio recording, i just wanna carry such a cool looking device around
@mastergecko11785 ай бұрын
Like all the other AI powered gizmos and gadgets these companies are trying to sell us, it’ll be infinitely better as an app on a smartphone than a standalone device
@abcdqwerty35626 ай бұрын
On IOS, the free app Aiko uses the whisper model for transcription.
@georgecostanza26955 ай бұрын
Except for call recording, my S24 Ultra already does all that… record, transcribe, translate, and summarize.