# Plaud NotePin: Price, Availability & Status (2026)

Plaud NotePin ($169) is a genuine AI note-taking pendant (GPT/Claude/Gemini transcription), a tier-1 Google AI Overview pick. Subscription-augmented. The status.

## Price

- **$159** (actual-sale-price, one-time; as of 2026-06-17)
- **$169** (actual-sale-price, one-time; as of 2024-09-20) · [Plaud.AI (NotePin product page)](https://www.plaud.ai/products/notepin) · 2024-09-20

The $169 above is a verified actual sale price: the NotePin launched in August 2024 at about $169, and the NotePin S successor launched in January 2026 in the same range. The model is subscription-augmented: a free tier plus an optional Pro subscription for more transcription minutes. The hardware is a one-time purchase; the subscription is optional.

## Availability

_Status: shipping-now_

The Plaud NotePin is shipping and consumer-available from Plaud.AI (San Francisco, founded 2023). The successor NotePin S launched in January 2026 alongside a desktop meeting note-taker.

## Status

The Plaud NotePin is a lightweight wearable AI voice recorder worn as a clip, pendant, or wristband, a notes-pendant form factor distinct from the glasses, earbuds, necklace, and ring entries in the cohort. It taps to record and uses third-party large language models (GPT, Claude, and Gemini) for transcription and summarization, and independent reviews confirm the core features work as advertised, so DEPLOY places it in the genuine-cloud-AI tier. It is a tier-1 citation winner in Google's AI Overview for 'best wearable AI' queries. Its subscription-augmented model (free tier plus paid transcription minutes) is the inverse of Hey Pocket's no-subscription-core posture.

## Compare

| Model | Pricing | Tier |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Omi](/price/omi) | $89 | verified (Open-source AI necklace) |
| [Hey Pocket](/price/hey-pocket) | $99 | verified (Multi-model recorder (no-sub)) |
| [Humane AI Pin](/price/humane-ai-pin) | Discontinued | absence (The failure case (chest-clip predecessor)) |
| [Rabbit r1](/price/rabbit-r1) | $199 | verified (AI device (pilot)) |

## Common questions

### How much is the Plaud NotePin?

About $169 for the hardware (one-time), with an optional Pro subscription for more transcription minutes. The NotePin S successor launched January 2026 in the same range.

### Does the Plaud NotePin have real AI?

Yes, genuine cloud AI: it uses third-party LLMs (GPT, Claude, Gemini) for transcription and summarization, and independent reviews confirm the core features work as advertised.

## How DEPLOY verified this

- [How DEPLOY tracks pricing](https://news.deploy.report/methodology/how-we-track-pricing)
- [How DEPLOY verifies deployment status](https://news.deploy.report/methodology/how-we-verify-deployment-status)

## Related reading

- [Deploy News: Best AI wearables 2026](https://news.deploy.report/explainers/best-ai-wearables-2026)
- [Deploy News: What is an AI wearable?](https://news.deploy.report/explainers/what-is-an-ai-wearable)
- [Deploy News: What is physical AI?](https://news.deploy.report/explainers/what-is-physical-ai)

## On the registry

- [Model record](https://registry.deploy.report/models/plaud-notepin.md)
- [Manufacturer](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/plaud-ai.md)

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