Human announced Tuesday that most of its assets were earned by HP for $ 116 million. The start of the hardware is immediately interrupting the sales of his 499 dollars. Human warned clients who have already purchased PIN that their equipment will stop operating before the end of the month – on 12 afternoon PST on February 28, 2025, according to a blog post.
After that date, the company says its pins will no longer connect with human servers. Equipment will not be able to call, messages, questions/answers, or access to clouds. Human is advising the owners of Pin’s to immediately transfer their important photos and data to an external device immediately.
Human plans to distribute his team to support clients for PIN on February 28th. The company says that customers who buy a pin in the last 90 days are eligible for a refund, according to a FAB, but anyone who bought a money device then is no
The news ends the beginning of the short -lived hardware, clumsy. Human made a spraying in April 2024, launching his pin, which he positioned as a replacement of the smartphone. The start of Bay Area, founded by former Apple Betany Bongiorno and Imran Chaudhri employee, raised more than $ 230 million to create the device.
However, he’s human Pin disappointed many reviewers and early clients, creating a crisis for the company. At one point last summer, the human return for that PIN began to exceed its sales, according to Verge reporting. Adding insult to damage, humanity also told customers from stopping the use of the device charging the device, citing battery fire concerns. In October, the company, which loaded a lot of time with clients $ 699 for its PIN, removed the price of $ 200.
HP is adopting engineers and human products managers, according to a blog post notifying the purchase. The human team will form the basis of a new group within HP called HP IQ, which it describes as a “Innovation Laboratory of it, focused on building an intelligent ecosystem in all HP products and services for the future of work. ”
HP will also gain some of the human technology, including its Cosmos operating system. Human recently showed an ad that he suggested that his operating system could work on the entertainment system of a car, a smart speaker, a TV and an Android phone. This technology can be used to integrate it into HP personal computers and printers.
Human had sought to be bought in May 2024 for a much higher price, between $ 750 and $ 1 billion, according to a Bloomberg report.
Human did not immediately respond to Techcrunch’s request for comment.
