Meta to Test AI-Powered Wearable Pendant Next Year, Aiming to Revive Reality Labs

Key Points

• Meta plans to test an AI‑powered pendant within the next year.
• The device originates from technology acquired with Limitless in late 2025.
• Pendant can attach to clothing or be worn as a necklace to capture and process speech.
• Earlier AI wearables struggled due to privacy worries and weak consumer appeal.
• Meta also aims to expand its AI glasses range and launch a business subscription called Wearables for Work.
• Reality Labs, Meta’s hardware division, reported a $4 billion loss in Q1 2026.
• The new wearables are intended to generate recurring revenue and reverse the division’s financial decline.