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Aina unveils a smart ring designed to control AI agents and apps
Aina has unveiled a smart ring for controlling AI agents and everyday apps.
The device has a small screen, joystick, microphone and speaker, and connects to Macs or iPhones.
Users can speak prompts, take notes, view notifications and take calls without relying only on a phone or laptop screen.
The ring can also control music and smart home devices, and its screen can confirm whether an action went through.
Aina is pitching it as a quicker way to approve tasks suggested by AI agents, rather than as a health-tracking ring.
The company builds on an earlier three-button controller whose controls changed depending on the app being used.
Preorders are priced at $399 for a limited time, then $499, with shipping planned for January 2027.
Aina unveiled a smart ring designed to control AI agents and other apps, with a screen, joystick, microphone and speaker.
The ring can send prompts, take notes, show notifications, handle calls and control music and some smart-home devices.
Preorders opened on November 5 at an early-bird price of $399, with the price set to rise to $499.
Aina plans to begin shipping the ring in January 2027.
- Who
- Aina, a hardware startup, unveiled the ring.
- What
- It is a smart ring designed to control AI agents and apps, with a screen, joystick, microphone and speaker.
- When
- It was announced on November 5, 2026. Preorders opened that day.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- Aina says the ring is intended to make it easier to interact with AI agents and control apps without repeatedly taking out a phone.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Aina had been in stealth, according to Wired.
Aina debuted experimental products under the name Project Mirage, including Dune, a three-button controller.
Aina announced the ring and opened preorders at an early-bird price of $399.
Aina plans to begin shipping the ring, when its price is set to rise to $499.
- Early-bird price
- $399
- Later price
- $499
- Planned shipping
- January 2027
- Preorders opened
- November 5, 2026
- Earlier controller
- Mirage, a three-key controller
- Funding
- Aina raised $5.5 million in July, according to TechCrunch
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What people are saying
Phones and laptop screens were designed for an age of browsing where you think about opening apps. For interacting with proactive agents, we need a better interface, and that is what we had in mind while designing Aina
Approvals are going to be the future of interfaces and interaction, and we wanted to build a device that just made it easy to approve stuff
Agents today don't respond immediately