Plaud has introduced Plaud NotePin S, an upgraded version of its wearable AI notetaker, and launched Plaud Desktop, a dedicated desktop app designed to capture and summarize online meetings without meeting bots. Based in San Francisco, the company said the two releases extend Plaud’s “conversation intelligence” across the full spectrum of how professionals meet today—face-to-face, on calls, and in virtual meetings.
The announcement comes as workplaces continue to operate across mixed environments, where context is often fragmented between conference rooms, phone calls, and video platforms. Plaud is positioning its hardware-and-software ecosystem as a unified platform for capturing conversations as they happen and converting them into summaries and actionable insights, with an emphasis on intentional recording and user control.
Plaud NotePin S builds on the original Plaud NotePin, which the company said gained adoption for its minimalist form factor and day-to-day versatility. The new model is designed to refine usability and wearability while improving performance for more seamless capture in real-world settings where taking notes can be disruptive or impractical.
A central workflow update is the addition of an instant-highlight button, also featured in Plaud Note Pro and Plaud Note. With a short press, users can mark essential moments during a conversation, signaling to the AI what matters most, so that subsequent summaries and extracted insights better reflect the user’s intent.
Plaud said NotePin S is meant to be worn naturally and unobtrusively, supporting multiple form factors including a wristband, necklace, pin, or clip. The company framed the wearable as a way to reduce the risk of losing key details during fast-moving discussions, whether in formal meetings or informal, high-value interactions.
Alongside the device update, Plaud Desktop is aimed at the increasingly common scenario of on-screen meetings. The company described the desktop application as a native, bot-free approach to capturing online conversations, avoiding the friction of automated meeting attendees and the performance tradeoffs that can come with browser extensions.
Plaud Desktop is designed to detect when an online meeting is active—such as on Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams—and enable secure, real-time audio capture with a single click. Plaud also emphasized multimodal input: users can add visuals, highlight key audio moments, and type additional notes to create a more complete record of what happened and what needs to happen next.
Recordings, transcripts, and user inputs are organized through Plaud Intelligence, with access across Plaud Desktop, the company’s app, and its web experience. Plaud positioned the cross-surface experience as a way to keep notes consistent and immediately retrievable, regardless of whether a conversation started in a room, on a phone, or inside a virtual meeting.
Plaud NotePin S is available now at $179, while Plaud Desktop is available as part of the broader Plaud ecosystem, with access beginning immediately. The company said it has more than 1.5 million users worldwide and continues to build toward an “AI work companion” model focused on elevating professional productivity.
Plaud described itself as a Delaware-incorporated, San Francisco-based company combining hardware and software, with an emphasis on security and privacy. It said it maintains multiple compliance standards and certifications, including ISO 27001, ISO 27701, GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA, and EN 18031.
KEY QUOTES:
“What sets Plaud apart is our design to work in all scenarios: in-person, over the phone, or on screen. It’s how intelligence naturally flows. Capturing conversations in their natural form is the best way to empower people in real life. Our mission is to amplify human intelligence, and our latest innovations reinforce our commitment to this promise.”
Nathan Xu, Cofounder & CEO, Plaud
“Plaud Desktop lets me stay fully in the moment—while it handles taking the notes, I can stay focused on the conversation.”
Jeff Allen, Senior Economic Specialist
