"Instead, when I leave for the office, I pack one or two phones, a portable battery bank, a laptop, a Kindle, a new product I'm testing, and at least one pair of earbuds. In my backpack, there's a pouch full of cords and adapters. On my body, I usually sport between two and four wearable devices. I know mine is a "gadget maximalist" life."
"At a studio in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Google showed off four phones, a smartwatch, and a pair of earbuds. That's fairly typical for a product launch, but something about this year's updates was different. It wasn't just the odd keynote format, or the latent anxiety of Gemini getting stuffed into every single corner of every product. It was the uncanny feeling that AI won't be the thing that tears down walled gardens."
Many consumers carry multiple devices, including phones, laptops, earbuds, portable batteries, and several wearables, along with cords and adapters. Personal device habits reflect a gadget-maximalist lifestyle rather than consolidation into a single gadget. Google unveiled multiple new products—four phones, a smartwatch, and earbuds—with pervasive AI features integrated across them. Large language model capabilities are being embedded into device functions, creating a sense of AI presence in every product. Rather than tearing down platform boundaries, AI integration risks strengthening walled gardens and platform lock-in. The result may be a future of diverse, specialized accessories instead of one unified device.
Read at The Verge
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