Meta Developing AI-Powered Pendant

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Meta is reportedly developing an AI-powered pendant, building on its acquisition of Limitless, an AI device startup. The company plans to start testing the device in the next year.

Meta's Foray into AI Wearables

Meta is developing an AI-powered pendant that it plans to start testing in the next year, according to a memo viewed by The Information. This device would presumably build on the work of Limitless, an AI device startup that Meta acquired at the end of 2025.

The Acquisition and Its Implications

The startup made an AI pendant that users could attach to their shirt or wear as a necklace to record their conversations. At the time, Meta said the acquisition would allow it to "accelerate our work to build AI-enabled wearables."

Challenges in AI Wearables

Earlier AI wearables have failed to catch on with consumers — perhaps due to privacy concerns and tone-deaf marketing, or perhaps because they just weren’t that useful. But companies like OpenAI aren’t giving up.

Meta's Future Plans

The memo also reportedly states that the company is planning to expand its lineup of AI glasses and launch a business subscription called Wearables for Work. With all these planned devices, Meta is apparently hoping to reverse the fortunes of its hardware-focused Reality Labs division, which lost $4 billion in the first quarter of this year.