Halo X glasses are always listening, using AI to offer unsolicited feedback 24/7, aiming to be a "second brain."
They feature a heads-up display showing ~4 lines of text for AI-generated answers and summaries from your conversations.
All audio is sent via Bluetooth to a paired iPhone for cloud-based AI processing; no heavy computing on the glasses.
The AI creates a searchable repository of everything it hears, summarizing past conversations when prompted.
There is no wake word; the AI decides when to intervene, meaning it is always recording and can get it wrong.
Founders claim the tech focuses on the wearer's voice and is trained to ignore background noise for privacy.
End-to-end encryption is promised for all data, with transcripts stored only on the user's paired smartphone.
The company says the responsibility for obtaining recording consent from others lies solely with the user.
Preorders are open for $249, with shipments expected early next year; currently in beta with ~20 testers.
This follows the founders' prior work using Meta glasses to build AI dossiers on strangers, raising privacy concerns.