Bose CEO Lila Snyder discusses the company's transformation into a software and licensing business, acquiring luxury audio brands while licensing core technology to competitors.
The social-media-targeted AI pendant relaunch adds speaker functionality and a $10/month memory tier, doubling its original price nine months after a public backlash campaign.
Friend's second-generation wearable now speaks aloud via built-in speaker and runs OpenAI's latest models, marking a shift from text-only responses.
Sandbar's Stream ring demonstrates how wearable AI devices could shift interaction patterns from screen-based to voice-first, with cross-app dictation as the key differentiator.
Lingverse's new pendant-shaped device aims to resurrect the beloved Jibo robot as a visual-monitoring AI wearable.
Halliday launches camera-free smart glasses at $599 with subscription tiers from free to $99/month, positioning audio-only wearables as a privacy-conscious alternative to camera-equipped competitors.
Halliday's second-generation smart glasses replace the original's finicky display with dual monochrome waveguides and AI meeting-assistance features like Thread Tracker and Decision Confirmation.
Meta launches three new smart glasses lines without Ray-Ban co-branding, starting at $299—$80 below the Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2.
The $99 Fitbit Air pairs lightweight hardware with an AI coach that works best when users actually engage with its recommendations, avoiding the over-hyped health AI trend.
Snap debuts premium smart glasses with runway-ready design but faces the enduring challenge of making statement-piece tech wearable for everyday consumers.
Apple has developed camera-equipped AirPods for visual AI features, but delays loom over immature vision capabilities and privacy concerns.
A TechCrunch review finds Amazon's AI wearable useful for meeting transcription but struggles with accurate speaker identification and raises surveillance concerns.
Google demoed a visual-display version of its AI glasses at I/O 2026, revealing prototype limitations in sound output and design maturity ahead of a fall audio-only launch.
Google announced AI-powered audio glasses at I/O 2026, built with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, designed to integrate with Android, iOS, and Gemini.
Google unveiled AI-powered audio glasses co-developed with Warby Parker, Gentle Monster, and Samsung, launching later in 2026.
After a year testing dozens of AI-powered eyewear products, The Verge finds the category's main appeal is discretion — and that's not enough to sustain a market.