Overview
- Plaud made both products available immediately at CES 2026, pricing the NotePin S at $179 and beginning a phase-out of the original NotePin.
- NotePin S introduces a physical record/highlight button with haptic feedback, ships with clip, lanyard, magnetic pin and wristband accessories, and supports Apple Find My.
- The wearable offers 64GB of storage, roughly 20 hours of continuous recording, dual MEMS microphones with about a 9.8‑foot pickup range, and 300 free transcription minutes per month.
- Plaud Desktop for Mac and Windows runs in the background, auto-detects Zoom, Meet and Teams, records system and microphone audio without joining as a bot, and is free to existing Plaud device owners or subscribers.
- Plaud cites about 1.5 million users and support for over 100 languages, with transcripts, speaker labels, summaries and cross‑meeting search consolidating in-person and virtual recordings.