Flipper Devices, the company behind the wildly popular Flipper Zero hacking tool, has just announced its next product and it is called Flipper One. The announcement comes off the back of genuinely impressive commercial success. the company has sold over one million Flipper Zero units and crossed $150 million in total sales, which speaks to just how strong the demand is in the hardware hacking community for accessible and capable security research tools.
Before anyone gets too excited about the idea of a Flipper Zero successor though the company has been clear that Flipper One is not a replacement for its predecessor. The two devices operate on fundamentally different layers and are designed with different use cases in mind rather than one simply being an upgrade of the other.
So what exactly is Flipper One? The headline feature is network connectivity and the specs here are genuinely impressive for a compact device in this space. It comes equipped with two Gigabit Ethernet ports, USB Ethernet running at 5 Gbps, and Wi-Fi 6E covering the 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz frequency bands simultaneously. There is also an M.2 expansion port which opens up a significant range of possibilities users will be able to slot in a 5G modem for cellular connectivity, SDR modules for software defined radio work, AI accelerator cards, NVMe or SATA SSDs for storage, and additional Wi-Fi cards through compatible adapters. That level of modularity is what makes this particularly interesting for the technical community.
Under the hood Flipper One runs two processors alongside 8 GB of RAM. The primary chip is an eight-core RK3576 processor that runs open Linux and comes paired with a Mali-G52 GPU as well as a dedicated NPU for running local AI models directly on the device a capability that reflects just how deeply AI has worked its way into even niche hardware projects in 2026.
The Flipper Zero built its reputation in the hacker community through its ability to interface with a remarkably wide range of wireless protocols including Bluetooth, RFID, NFC, a sub-1GHz transceiver, and infrared. It became well known for its ability to emulate key fobs, entry passes, and other wireless devices capabilities that made it both celebrated and controversial in equal measure.
It is worth noting that Flipper One is still in active development and the announcement at this stage is more of a project reveal than a product launch. The company is essentially sharing where it is headed and inviting community interest rather than announcing something you can order today. Given the track record of the Flipper Zero and the size of the community that has built up around it there will be no shortage of people watching this one closely as it develops.
One of the more notable technical decisions behind Flipper One is how the company has handled the primary chip's Linux support. Rather than keeping things proprietary Flipper Devices worked directly with Collabora a well respected open source software consulting firm to push support for the RK3576 chip into the mainline Linux Kernel. That means anyone can pull the code directly from Kernel.org and start tinkering with it, which is exactly the kind of open and community-friendly approach that has defined the Flipper brand from the beginning.
Alongside the main processor sits a second chip a two-core Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller that handles the more immediate hardware functions. This includes the display, physical buttons, touchpad, LEDs, and the power management subsystem. What makes this particularly thoughtful from a design standpoint is that the RP2350 keeps these functions operational even when the Linux side of the device is completely powered down. You can still interact with and control the device without the main processor running which is a practical and user-friendly detail that reflects careful engineering consideration.
On the software side Flipper Devices CEO Pavel Zhovner has shared plans that go beyond simply running an existing Linux distribution on the hardware. While Zhovner has expressed genuine appreciation for Raspberry Pi OS describing it as fluid and enjoyable to use he identified a specific pain point that anyone who has used a Raspberry Pi for multiple projects will recognize immediately. he messy process of doing a clean factory reset after installing packages, which currently requires reflashing the SD card entirely. The proposed solution is Flipper OS, currently at the concept stage, which would allow users to access distinct profiles each containing different preconfigured packages and settings. The practical benefit is straightforward and genuinely useful users can experiment freely with software configurations and return to a clean starting point without ever having to physically swap or reflash storage media.
As part of the broader development effort the team is also building a dedicated interface called FlipCTL specifically designed to handle control of small screen LCD displays on devices like Flipper One using D-pad navigation and touch input. It is a small but considered addition that speaks to the level of detail the team is putting into making the overall user experience cohesive rather than just functional.
The use case possibilities for Flipper One extend well beyond what most people might initially expect from a compact hacking device. On the networking side users will be able to configure it as a router, a VPN gateway, or a bridge between different network segments making it a genuinely versatile tool for anyone doing network security research or simply wanting a highly portable and configurable networking device. Plug in a monitor, keyboard, and mouse through a USB hub and it transforms into a fully functional Linux desktop. Connect it to a display via its HDMI 2.1 port and it doubles as an on-the-go media box capable of streaming 4K content at 120Hz. The onboard NPU also opens the door to running local AI models directly on the device useful for generating configurations, operating the device through AI assistance, and getting contextually relevant tips and guidance without needing an internet connection at any point.
That said Flipper Devices has been admirably transparent about where things currently stand and what still needs to be built before any of this becomes a real product you can hold in your hands. Right now the announcement covers the vision and the roadmap rather than a finished device and there are significant software pieces still missing. The NPU for AI inference and the hardware video decoding pipeline both currently lack mainline kernel support. FlipperOS and FlipperCTL remain in the concept stage rather than being functional software. The offline language models that would power the AI assistance features have not yet been trained. These are not small gaps and the company is being refreshingly honest about acknowledging them openly rather than overpromising at launch.
To close those gaps Flipper Devices is actively inviting developers to join the community and contribute to building the software components that will eventually ship in the finished product. It is a community-driven development approach that fits naturally with the ethos that built the Flipper Zero's following in the first place.
As for pricing and timeline the company has confirmed that full consumer launch details will be announced at a future date. What they have shared is a pricing expectation of under $350 for the base configuration without cellular modules a figure that positions Flipper One as a serious but accessible tool for the technical community it is clearly being built for.
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