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Hey Pocket vs AI Pin in 2026

Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.

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The Worst Product I've Ever Reviewed... For Now
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ManufacturerOpen Vision Engineering (Hey Pocket)Humane
Form factorwearablewearable
Maturitycommercialcommercial
Autonomy——
Availabilityshipping-nowshippingdiscontinueddiscontinued
Price$99-$199 (actual sale price)Not announced
Capability claims——
Brain——
Verified deployments1Global1San Francisco
Privacy practices9cloud-upload, training-data-use, third-party-sharing, bystander-recording, data-deletion-control, data-sale, data-retention, location-tracking, data-deletion-control—
Sources on file79

Editorial summaries

Hey Pocket

Hey Pocket, by Open Vision Engineering (San Francisco, a Y Combinator W26 company; CEO Akshay Narisetti previously built Omi), is a screenless AI voice recorder and 'thought companion'. The 52-gram device works standalone and MagSafe-attaches to the back of a phone, with dual studio microphones plus a contact microphone for calls and on-device storage, running multi-model cloud AI (routing across GPT-5, Claude, and Gemini) for transcription in 120+ languages, summaries, mind maps, action items, and an Ask-Pocket Q&A feature. It sells for $99 at launch against a $199 regular price, with a free core and, distinctively, no subscription required (an optional Pocket Pro plan is $19.99 a month). DEPLOY records it at commercial maturity: a real, shipping product (live iOS and Android apps), not vaporware, and its AI substance is genuine. The editorial throughline is the no-subscription-core posture, a direct contrast to subscription-required rivals like Plaud.

AI Pin

The Humane AI Pin is the canonical failure case in the AI-wearable cohort: a screenless, voice-first wearable pitched as an AI-native smartphone replacement, launched April 2024 at $499 (plus a required $24/month subscription), with a $699 variant. Functional delivery was thin against aggressive AI marketing, and the device depended on Humane's cloud. HP acquired Humane's assets in February 2025 (reported around $116M) and shut the servers down on February 28, 2025, leaving the hardware largely bricked. It is discontinued; there is no current price, and pre-shutdown unit sales were never verified at scale.

Common questions

What is the difference between Hey Pocket and AI Pin?
Hey Pocket and AI Pin are both wearable robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.
Which has more verified deployments, Hey Pocket or AI Pin?
Hey Pocket and AI Pin each have 1 verified deployment on the DEPLOY registry (confirmed at named sites with primary sources).

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