OpenAI reports having a new consumer AI device under construction with ex-Apple design head Jony Ive. It remains a secret device, but the timeline has now become a fact.In Davos, the chief global affairs officer of OpenAI, Chris Lehane, stated that the device will probably be introduced in the second half of 2026, though he did not provide any specific date. This one fact alters all that. Hardware race is no longer a possibility. It is a fact, a scheduled event of the company which popularized chatbots.In case OpenAI is successful, the transition will not be a new device. It will become a new routine: To talk to AI as you look at your time.This is what is validated at the moment. OpenAI is building a device. OpenAI said this at Davos. Jony Ive is involved in the design of the device. According to OpenAI, the second half of 2026 is the probable launch period.What OpenAI fails to validate: the form. Lehane made no mention as to whether it was a pin, an earpiece or an object. Such ambiguity brings excitement. It also contributes to the entertaining aspect of the story since it is the time of big stakes, yet we are still left with blank details.The hints that OpenAI gives publicly are more of a feel rather than a specification. Axios reports that Sam Altman terms the device as being more peaceful than a smartphone. Peaceful refers to having fewer tabs, less bright screens, and less doom-scrolling. It is an appliance that does not tax your eyes, waits, listens and responds when you call.To the end user, the pledge is very straightforward: less friction. To the power users, it is larger: there is a new interface layer above apps and operating systems. There, the long-term power is to be found.AI gadgets have struggled. Humane AI Pin became the poster child of the issue: a bold concept, wobbly implementation, and a market that is not going to adopt a new trend. The early AI devices, such as the AI Pin, are referred to as big flops by Axios.First: distribution. ChatGPT is not only an idea, but it is a habit. People are not being asked to try AI. You are providing them a new mode of utilization of something they are already utilizing.Second: design credibility. Jony Ive is not a well-known designer. He creates products that people would want to touch, carry around and demonstrate. Ive speaks of high-end products that are easy, not threatening, nearly effortless to navigate.Rumour 1: “Sweetpea” earbuds. Several documents indicate that there is an earbud-like appliance with a codename, Sweetpea. TechCrunch reports that it is being indicated in the recent reports that earbuds are being developed, repeating the codename Sweet Pea. Assuming this is so, earbuds are strategically sound. They sit in your day already. They accept voice input and sound output without the use of a screen. They make AI look like a friend and not an application.Although neither rumour may be flawless, they all indicate the same direction: OpenAI is pursuing screen light computing. Not anti‑screen. Not “throw your phone away.” Just… less screen by default.