Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant

Meta is developing an AI-powered pendant for testing within the next year, building on technology from its acquisition of startup Limitless, according to an internal memo. The device aims to expand Meta's wearable AI lineup alongside new AI glasses and a business subscription service, as the company seeks to reverse losses at its Reality Labs division.

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 https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-memo-outlines-ambitious-hardware-plans-including-new-ai-pendant . This device would presumably build on the work of Limitless, an AI device startup that Meta acquired https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/05/meta-acquires-ai-device-startup-limitless/ at the end of 2025. 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.” Earlier AI wearables have failed to catch on with consumers — perhaps due to privacy concerns and tone-deaf marketing https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/27/ai-startup-friend-spent-more-than-1m-on-all-those-subway-ads/ , or perhaps because they just weren’t that useful https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/humanes-ai-pin-is-dead-as-hp-buys-startups-assets-for-116m/ . But companies like OpenAI aren’t giving up https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/05/openai-and-jony-ive-may-be-struggling-to-figure-out-their-ai-device/ . 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 https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/29/meta-is-still-burning-money-on-ar-vr/ in the first quarter of this year. TechCrunch has reached out to Meta for comment.