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Case file No. 01 · opened on 23/10/2026

In testing · day 15

PLAUD OneExplorer Edition · earbuds with an AI agent

Price
€249.90on plaud.ai, 4 Nov
Arrived at the lab
23 Oct 2026first run, 2,000 units
Video
4 Nov 202621 min · ES and EN
In the store
Sold outwaiting list · 4 Nov
Includes
Starter300 transcription minutes a month
Ale and Álvaro with the open PLAUD One case. Caption: your AI agent in your ear.

Chapters

  1. We give the agent a task
  2. What GadgetLab is
  3. What an AI recorder does
  4. From the Walkman to the PLAUD One
  5. Case, earbuds and pairing with the phone
  6. Spec sheet
  7. How you talk to the agent
  8. Plaud Web demo
  9. Mobile app demo
  10. Price and subscription
  11. Compared with the rest of the PLAUD family
  12. Our experience and verdict

What they promise and what we have seen

Stamps change as we keep testing. Last reviewed: 5 November 2026.

What they promiseWhat we have seenStatus
Records calls and conversationsWith the earbuds in or with the case on the table.

The call that opens the video is real. The case on the table picks up voices from five metres away, and further. Tested 30 Oct.

Delivers
Transcribes and summarizes with AISummary templates in Plaud Web and in the app.

The transcript and summary of a 4-minute meeting came out very well. It wrote “Plot” instead of “Plaud” until we switched on the custom vocabulary. 26 and 28 Oct.

Delivers
An agent that gets things done for youYou hold the button on the case while you talk to it.

Brilliant. You talk, it answers and it never loses the thread. If something takes a while, it lights an LED and tells you with a tap. You can ask it to search all your meetings for what was said about something, or which day you agreed to do something, and it finds it. The one time it did something odd, it was our fault: we told it to overwrite a summary and it did exactly that. Since 26 Oct.

Delivers
5 m range for the caseFour beamforming microphones, according to the spec sheet.

Checked on set with both of us talking from the far side of the table. 30 Oct.

Delivers
4G with eSIM, no phone nearbyPlaud has not yet said how the data plan will be paid for.

Still to test away from home, without the phone. We will report in the logbook.

In testing
Up to 36 h of battery with the casePlaud’s figures: 4.5 h of music with noise cancelling, 25 h of recording with the case.

We have not yet run a full charge down while timing it.

In testing

Battery, range and microphone figures come from Plaud (official spec sheet, 30 Oct 2026). Everything else we tested ourselves with our unit, on the app and firmware of those days.

Our verdict

After two weeks of using it, this is what we think.

Ale

What I liked most is the little case. You press the button whenever you like and tell it whatever you need to keep, an email address or an idea that just came to you. It stays recorded, and later you ask the agent to send it to you.

Plaud Web has loads of templates, you can make your own, and the summaries come out as lovely outlines. It also understands 112 languages, not just English.

But what I really keep is being able to look at the other person while we talk, instead of taking notes. That is something we should not lose.

Álvaro

We have got used to going into meetings more focused on taking notes than on the conversation. With the One you know the summary is coming, so you can actually be there.

I really like Plaud’s devices for the design, for how well made the software is and for the community of templates. On this one, the best part is the agent. Asking it “find the meeting where we talked about such and such” or “which day did we agree to do this?” is incredibly handy, and with the earbuds you can do it while walking down the street.

Ale and I already have our own agents, so we connect it over MCP and my agent gets the context of every meeting. If you already use one, you just ask it to connect to Plaud and that is it.

Logbook

What has happened since it arrived. When there is news, it shows up here.

  1. Next
    The 4G test, away from home and without the phone

    And hooking it up to our agents over MCP to see what it does with email and the calendar.

  2. 4 Nov 2026
    Full video published

    Twenty-one minutes, twelve chapters, an English audio track with our own voices.

  3. 30 Oct 2026
    The case on the table

    Picks up voices from five metres, and further. Moves to “Delivers”.

  4. 26 Oct 2026
    First meeting transcribed

    Very good transcript and summary, and the agent wins us over straight away. Just one snag: it wrote “Plot” instead of “Plaud” until we switched on the custom vocabulary.

  5. 25 Oct 2026
    Short “Case file No. 01”

    We open the box on camera. Watch the short.

  6. 23 Oct 2026
    Arrives at the lab

    The Explorer Edition, from the first run of 2,000 units.

Lab recipe

Connect the PLAUD One to your agent over MCPTranscripts and summaries inside Claude or ChatGPT, no copy and paste.
In the works

Where to buy it

Only from Plaud’s own site. The Explorer Edition (2,000 units) is sold out and there is a waiting list. Plaud has not given a date for the general release.

plaud.ai
Spec sheet, according to Plaud
Microphones
3 MEMS + 1 VPU per earbud · 4 MEMS with beamforming in the case
Range
2 m with the earbuds · 5 m with the case
Noise cancelling
Adaptive, up to 40 dB, plus transparency mode
Connectivity
4G LTE with eSIM · Bluetooth 5.4 multipoint (2 devices) · Apple Find My
Continuous recording
6 h with the earbuds · 25 h with the case
Music
4.5 h with noise cancelling · 6 h without · up to 36 h with the case
Charging
830 mAh case · 10 min = 2 h · USB-C · 21 days on standby
Weight
4.5 g per earbud · 62 g the case
Audio
12 mm driver · SBC and LDAC · 3 EQ presets

Official plaud.ai spec sheet, checked on 30 Oct 2026. Plaud does not publish materials, water resistance or storage.

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