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Snap Spent a Week Trying to Justify Its $2,200 Smart Glasses. Here Is What It Announced.
New AI features, enterprise deals and a $10-a-month data plan are Snap's answer to the backlash over Specs. Whether they add up to a convincing argument is another question.
Meta Is Building Smart Glasses Without a Camera
After complaints that its Ray-Ban glasses enable secret recording, Meta is reportedly developing a no-camera version that still connects to its AI assistant.
Apple says its new always-on audio features never record you. Here is how.
A dedicated security chip in the new Apple Watch processes your voice and sounds in a sealed compartment, then discards the raw audio instantly. Apple says even Apple cannot hear it.
Apple's New Watch Features Raise Privacy Concerns
Apple's latest watches can transcribe speech and summarize nearby conversations without storing raw audio. Not everyone finds that reassuring.
Apple's Health App Will Now Tell You Your 'Health Age' and How Ready Your Body Is Today
A revamped Apple Health app uses Apple's on-device AI to turn your watch and phone data into a single readiness score, a biological age estimate, and personalised coaching tips.
Screen-Free Wearables Are Booming, and AI Is Both the Reason and the Cure
A new wave of trackers collects your health data without demanding your constant attention. AI helped create the problem they're trying to solve, and it may also be what makes them actually useful.
These AI-powered glasses want to replace your hearing aid
Legato has raised $12 million to build hearing-assistance technology into ordinary-looking eyeglass frames, targeting the 40 million Americans with mild to moderate hearing loss who never seek treatment.
Apple's AirPods May Soon Have Cameras Built In. Here's What That Means for You.
A video buried inside Apple's latest software update shows AirPods identifying a book cover using AI. If the leak is real, your earbuds could soon act as a second pair of eyes.
Google Pixel Watch 5 Bets Big on AI Health Features Over Hardware
A $399 smartwatch that can detect breathing emergencies, flag insulin resistance trends, and claim better GPS accuracy than a Garmin. The software is the story.
Friend Is Back at Nearly Double the Price, Now With a Speaker
The AI companion pendant that papered New York City's subway with ads has relaunched as 'Friend 2.0', same concept, new voice feature, and a price tag that jumped from $129 to $249.
A Ring on Your Finger Might Be the Best Microphone You Never Knew You Needed
New York startup Sandbar is betting that a small smart ring is the fastest, least awkward way to talk to your phone, your laptop, and your AI assistant.
Halliday Gen 2 Smart Glasses Put AI Meeting Notes in Your Field of View
The second-generation glasses ditch the fiddly hidden display for a proper dual-screen setup, and aim to keep workers informed during meetings without touching a phone or laptop.
Halliday's G2 Smart Glasses Record Your Meetings. Nobody Else in the Room Will Know.
A new pair of camera-free smart glasses promises to summarise your meetings automatically. The catch: the people being recorded may never find out.