After smart glasses, Meta apparently wants you to wear its all-listening AI pendant
Meta is reportedly developing an AI-powered pendant that will continuously listen to its users. This device aims to enhance the company's lineup of AI hardware, following its previous ventures into smart glasses. The introduction of such a wearable raises significant privacy concerns regarding consent and data storage.
- ▪Meta is developing an AI-powered pendant designed to continuously listen and capture audio.
- ▪The pendant follows the company's previous efforts in smart glasses and AI wearables.
- ▪Concerns about privacy and consent are heightened with a device that listens all day.
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| Publication time | Sat, 30 May 2026 12:31:17 +0000 |
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Meta’s ambitions for smart glasses are no secret anymore. The company has spent the past few years convincing people that AI belongs on their face. Now, if a new report is accurate, it wants to move even closer to them. According to a report from The Information, Meta is developing an AI-powered pendant that it plans to begin testing over the next year. The wearable would join an increasingly crowded lineup of AI hardware, but unlike smart glasses, this device may spend its days quietly listening from around your neck. That idea sounds familiar because it is.
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