Plaud launches a brand new AI pin and a desktop assembly notetaker

{Hardware} maker Plaud launched a brand new AI notetaker referred to as Plaud NotePin S, together with a desktop app that helps you’re taking notes for digital conferences, forward of CES 2026 in Las Vegas.

The corporate first launched its pin-styled notetaker in 2024, which my former colleague Brian Heater actually appreciated. The brand new pin brings a bodily button that permits you to begin and cease the recording. Plus, throughout the recording, you’ll be able to faucet the button to spotlight a sure level — similar to you are able to do on the newly launched Plaud Notice Professional.

One good factor in regards to the $179 Plaud NotePin S is that you just get a clip, a lanyard, a magnetic pin, and a wristband within the bundle. Which means you’ll be able to put on the machine nonetheless you want. The corporate can also be including Apple Discover My help for the pin, with the intention to simply search for the machine if you happen to can’t discover it.

The core specs of the machine stay the identical from the earlier era. There may be 64GB of onboard storage with a battery capability of 20 hours of steady recording. The machine has two MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Techniques) mics that may seize clear audio inside 9.8 ft of vary. Customers can even get 300 minutes of transcription per 30 days totally free.

As in comparison with the Notice Professional, this machine has a shorter recording vary and decrease battery life. However it’s smaller in measurement to hold utilizing any of the above talked about equipment. The corporate stated that the pin is fitted to people who find themselves continuously on the go.

That is Plaud’s fourth machine, and the corporate has bought greater than 1.5 million gadgets till now. With these gadgets, the main target has been on in-person conferences. Nonetheless, Plaud additionally desires to tackle assembly notetakers like Granola, Fathom, and Fireflies with a brand new desktop consumer that works throughout assembly apps. The corporate stated that the app can detect when a gathering is lively and immediate you to seize the transcript.

The Mac app takes notes utilizing system audio to seize the assembly, after which buildings the transcription into notes utilizing AI. Final 12 months the corporate launched multimodal inputs for note-taking with its app that permits customers so as to add pictures and typed notes together with audio transcription. Plaud is bringing that performance to its desktop app as properly.