Meta is Building an AI Pendant and Expanding its Wearables Line
Meta is developing an AI-powered pendant that it plans to start testing within the next year, according to an internal memo viewed by The Information. The device builds on the Limitless acquisition Meta completed at the end of 2025. Limitless made a pendant that users could clip to their shirt or wear as a necklace to record and transcribe conversations.
The memo also outlines plans to expand Meta’s AI glasses lineup and launch a business subscription called Wearables for Work. The enterprise tier would position Meta’s hardware as a productivity tool rather than a consumer novelty. Reality Labs, Meta’s hardware division, lost $4 billion in Q1 2026 alone.
A Troubled History of AI Pendants
The AI pendant category has a troubled history. Humane’s AI Pin launched in 2024 to withering reviews and was effectively dead within a year, with HP acquiring the startup’s assets for $116 million. Friend, another AI pendant startup, spent more than $1 million on subway advertisements and struggled to find users. Neither device offered enough utility to justify wearing an additional gadget.
Meta’s Different Approach
Meta’s approach is different in one important respect. It already has a wearables business that works. Meta sold more than seven million Ray-Ban smart glasses in 2025 and commands roughly 82% of the smart glasses market. The pendant would be a second form factor in an ecosystem that has proven consumer demand, not a standalone product betting on a category that does not yet exist.
Limitless raised more than $33 million from investors including Sam Altman and Andreessen Horowitz before Meta acquired it. CEO Dan Siroker said at the time that Meta’s vision for “personal superintelligence” through wearables aligned with what Limitless was building.
Wearables for Work Subscription
The most commercially interesting detail in the memo is the Wearables for Work subscription. Meta’s glasses already integrate with Meta AI for voice queries, real-time translation, and visual identification. An enterprise tier could add meeting transcription, ambient note-taking, CRM integration, and hands-free access to workplace tools. The concept mirrors Microsoft’s Copilot subscription model but delivered through hardware rather than software.
The wearables market is fragmenting into distinct categories. Apple Watch dominates the smartwatch segment but is losing momentum to screenless health trackers. Oura has filed for IPO. Whoop and Google’s Fitbit Air emphasise passive data collection. Meta’s pendant would sit in a fourth category: ambient AI capture, the always-on recording device that supplies continuous data for transcription and analysis.