Meta AI – Meta is reportedly developing an AI-powered pendant meant to begin testing within the next year—an idea that follows its push for smart glasses and could widen privacy concerns while Reality Labs looks for a win.
Meta is moving the AI from your apps to your body—starting with something you can’t take off without thinking twice.
A new report says the company is developing an AI-powered pendant and plans to begin testing it over the next year. The concept is simple in the way it’s unnerving: unlike smart glasses that sit on your face, this device could spend much of its life quietly listening from around your neck.
The pitch sounds like it already has a blueprint. Meta acquired AI startup Limitless in 2025, and that startup’s flagship product was literally called the Pendant. It was a clip-on microphone designed to continuously capture conversations and ambient audio. then convert them into searchable transcripts. summaries. and reminders. The acquisition framed it as a strategic bet on AI wearables. Now. the new reporting suggests Meta may be ready to turn that bet into a larger product—one that follows you through your day rather than waiting for you to ask.
Meta’s broader ambition is to make AI feel less like a tool and more like a background presence. Chatbots live in apps. Smart glasses place computing directly in your line of sight. A wearable microphone that listens throughout the day goes further: instead of prompting you to speak. it becomes a constant observer—handling memories of conversations. meetings. ideas. and tasks without requiring you to lift a finger.
That shift is exactly where the discomfort starts to accumulate. Consumers have already debated the use of cameras on smart glasses, and an always-on device built around listening raises fresh questions about consent, recording, and what happens to the data afterward.
The pendant wouldn’t arrive alone. The same report says Meta is preparing multiple new smart glasses models before the end of the year. They’re listed with codenames: Modelo, Luna, RBM2 Refresh, and Mojito VIP. The goal appears tied to getting more people to use Meta’s AI services—and eventually pay for them.
Meta is also reportedly working on a business-focused “Wearables for Work” subscription, along with an unreleased AI agent known internally as Hatch. Taken together, they could become the building blocks of a wearables ecosystem that keeps widening the number of moments where Meta’s AI is present.
Meta’s timeline also comes with pressure. Its Reality Labs division reportedly lost $19 billion in 2025 alone, making it one of the company’s most expensive bets. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has already signaled that glasses and wearables will be central to the division’s future. A pendant that listens all day may sound like the next logical step—but it’s also another product that asks people to change their routines.
Smart glasses already require wearers to accept a device that can shape how they live in public. An AI pendant that continuously listens may demand even more trust than a camera on the face. Whether Meta’s next wearable can deliver a clear win—without triggering an even bigger privacy backlash—may determine how much momentum this strategy has left.
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Always listening but call it “AI assistant” lol. Hard pass.
So it’s like a microphone pendant you can’t take off… cool cool. Are they gonna tell people they’re being recorded or just bury it in settings nobody reads. This is why I don’t trust Meta with anything.
Wait, I thought smart glasses already do this? Like you know, listen from your face. If this pendant is “always on” then it’s basically the same thing but less visible? Also “unlike glasses” like… neck is still part of you? Doesn’t really make it better. I saw something about that Limitless pendant too so I’m guessing it’s real real.
Meta really be building spy jewelry now. People are gonna act like it’s for “summaries” but then it’ll be used for targeted ads and whatever. And if it’s constantly listening it’s only a matter of time before it “mishears” and ruins someone’s life. Also why would they acquire a company with a product literally called Pendant if it wasn’t already doing the exact thing they’re talking about??