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Jony Ive and Sam Altman announce they finally have an AI hardware prototype.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former Apple designer Jony Ive are keeping the details under wraps. The interview took place at Emerson Collective’s 2025 Demo Day event. The pair shared the details.

While OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and ex-Apple designer Jony Ive have kept the specific details of their first mysterious AI hardware under tight wraps, it appears they have now settled on a definitive design. During an interview at Emerson Collective’s 2025 Demo Day with Laurene Powell Jobs, they confirmed they are actively building device prototypes. When pressed for a timeline, Ive suggested we could see it arrive in less than two years.

What Will OpenAI’s Device Be Like?

Not many details have been shared about OpenAI’s upcoming device yet, but rumors suggest it won’t have a screen and will be roughly the same size as a smartphone. Altman described the design using three great words: ‘simple and beautiful and playful.’ He shared that while they had an earlier prototype they liked, it didn’t feel special. He used a funny phrase, saying he didn’t feel like he wanted ‘to pick up that thing and take a bite out of it,’ but now, they finally have a design that gives him that feeling.

It Was Stated That OpenAI Is Very Easy To Use

Simplicity and fun were key for Ive too. He said he appreciates solutions that are almost ‘naive in their simplicity,’ but also smart products that feel great to touch, aren’t intimidating, and are so easy to use that they feel automatic—just good tools.

Altman expressed his hope that when people finally see the product, they’ll immediately feel like ‘That’s it!’—and Ive’s confident response was simply, ‘Yeah, they will.

Samsung expected to roll out one UI 8.5 public beta soon, featuring two significant camera upgrades.

Initial indications suggest that Samsung is approaching the public release of its previously delayed One UI 8.5 beta firmware, which is expected to include two notable camera-related updates.

Samsung generally rolls out the public One UI beta firmware a few weeks after it first appears on the company’s internal servers.

The First One UI 8.5 Beta Version Has Been Spotted

The initial One UI 8.5 beta build has now been identified on Samsung’s internal testing servers. This marks a key milestone, as Samsung usually makes its One UI beta publicly available only a few weeks after the firmware first appears on its test servers. Although the beta’s public release was initially anticipated for November, that timeframe now seems unlikely. Current indications point to Samsung making the One UI 8.5 beta available to the public in December instead.

For context, the One UI 7 beta was released to the public roughly 24 days after it first appeared on Samsung’s internal test servers, while the One UI 8 beta became publicly available 17 days after it was spotted on those servers.
Likewise, the One UI 8 beta reached the public about 17 days after being identified on the test servers. Following this pattern, a public release of the One UI 8.5 beta can reasonably be expected within the next two to three weeks.
Separately, SamMobile found that the current One UI 8.5 beta test build does not include the Single Take or Dual Rec camera modes.

Several New And Cooler Features May Be Introduced In One UI 8.5

For context, Single Take uses AI to generate multiple photos from a brief video capture, while Dual Rec enables simultaneous video recording from two cameras, such as the front and rear modules. Because this is an early test build, the absence of these features could simply stem from an unresolved bug rather than an intentional removal.
The other possibility is that Samsung is preparing to replace those two modes entirely. We might see them introduce a couple of new, cooler features instead when One UI 8.5 officially drops.

In addition, recent reports indicate that Samsung is introducing a One UI 8.5 feature that enables users to transfer an eSIM phone number from an iPhone to a compatible Galaxy device without carrier involvement, addressing a long-standing interoperability gap between Apple and Android.

The One UI 8.5 update is also set to add enhanced Wi-Fi management features, including Real-Time Data Priority Mode, which prioritizes data usage across apps, and an AI-based system that automatically shifts between Wi-Fi and cellular networks for optimal connectivity.