Why Stream ring-maker Sandbar says the future of AI wearables is voice
AI notetaking hardware has taken off over the past couple of years, with credit-card-sized devices, pendants, pins, and even transcribing earbuds all promising to capture your meetings and turn them into summaries and action items. Now, a whole wave of wearables — rings especially — are betting people want to capture stray thoughts and ideas the same way. One of […]
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AI notetaking wearables have become popular in recent years, with devices like rings, pins, and earbuds designed to capture meetings and convert them into summaries. A startup called Sandbar is betting that people also want to capture casual thoughts and ideas through voice-activated ring devices, and has raised millions in funding to pursue this vision. The company's CEO argues that previous voice hardware devices struggled because they lacked proper human control, and that keeping users in command is essential for wearable technology to succeed.
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