Plaud upgrades its card-sized AI note-taker with higher vary

Plaud, the corporate behind an AI wearable that really works, is launching an upgraded model of its credit score card-sized note-taking gadget. Just like its Plaud Note predecessor, the Plaud Note Pro makes use of AI to file, transcribe, and summarize your conversations, but it surely now comes with two extra microphones that enable it to choose up audio inside a 16.4-foot space, together with a 1-inch show that reveals battery stage, recording standing, and the present recording mode.

The Plaud Note Pro mechanically switches between recording calls and in-person conferences, eliminating the necessity for the bodily toggle on the original Plaud Note launched in 2023. There’s additionally a brand new “endurance” battery mode that extends the Plaud Note Pro’s 30 hours of recording to 50 hours, in change for a decrease 9.8-foot audio pickup vary that comes with the bottom Note. You can view the AI-generated recordings, transcriptions, and summaries within the accompanying Plaud app.

The Plaud Note Pro comes with a button that you need to use for a “press-to-highlight” function as effectively, which helps you to flag necessary info that you just’re listening to. The giant language fashions utilized by Plaud, together with OpenAI’s GPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and Google’s Gemini, can then generate extra detailed summaries for these key factors from the Plaud app. Plaud spokesperson Alice Gordon-Purdy notes that highlighting isn’t unique to the Note Pro, as base Note customers can nonetheless “highlight” particulars via the Plaud app or iOS widget.

Plaud can be updating its app in October, which can quickly enable Plaud Note and Note Pro customers to enter textual content and add pictures from their telephones. It additionally comes with a brand new “Ask Plaud” function that permits you to ask questions concerning the info you’ve recorded or uploaded. As is the case with the first-gen Plaud Note, the Note Pro is MagSafe-compatible, letting you stick it to the again of your cellphone with a magnetic case.

The Plaud Note Pro costs $179 and is available for preorder now earlier than it begins transport in October. It comes with as much as 300 transcription minutes per 30 days by default, however you possibly can improve to a $99.99 / 12 months subscription for 1,200 minutes and precedence entry to new options, or a $239.99 / 12 months plan for limitless transcription minutes.