Meta is building an AI pendant. That’s according to The Information, which obtained an internal memo outlining the company’s hardware plans. The device is expected to enter testing next year, building on the work of the Limitless team that Meta acquired in late 2025.
What’s an AI Pendant?
The concept isn’t new: a small device you clip to your shirt or wear as a necklace. It listens, records conversations, and uses AI to deliver summaries, reminders, or context later. Limitless had exactly such a product — before Meta acquired the startup for its AI wearable ambitions.
Why the Timing Is Interesting
AI wearables don’t have a great track record. Humane’s AI Pin? Failed and sold to HP for $116 million. Friend’s subway ad campaign? Lots of money for little utility. OpenAI’s Jony Ive device? Still in the figuring-it-out phase.
But Meta has three advantages others lacked: first, a working team (Limitless already had a functional product), second, a massive user base across Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook, and third, experience from the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses — the only AI wearable that’s actually gained traction.
More Than Just a Pendant
According to the memo, Meta is also planning to expand its AI glasses lineup and launch a business subscription called ‘Wearables for Work’. The hope: that all these devices combined will offset the losses from its Reality Labs division, which burned through $4 billion in Q1 2026 alone.
Whether an AI pendant can achieve that remains questionable. But Meta has at least understood that the future of AI doesn’t live exclusively on screens.
Sources: TechCrunch: Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant