The Archive

What ambient intelligence means for an AI wearable, how AI is turning wearables from trackers into companions, what Oura taught the category, and the principles Legend is built on.

A class action has put AI notetaker consent in the news. Here are six Granola alternatives, sorted by the reasons people actually switch: consent, data retention, in-person meetings, price and platform.

Granola is an AI meeting notepad; Wispr Flow is voice dictation that types into any app. Here is what each does, what it costs, how each handles audio, and who should use both.

The SwitchBot AI MindClip is $119.99 and the Plaud NotePin S is $179. We compare price, three-year cost, wear options, capture, battery, audio handling, languages and apps using each maker's own pages.

The Raycon AI Notetaker is a $199 MagSafe card recorder for meetings and phone calls, on pre-order to ship by the end of October. Here are the verified price, plans and specs, and how it compares with Plaud.

Bee costs $49.99 and says it never stores audio; Omi costs $129 (limited-time price, list $179), is open source and may keep encrypted audio for playback. Here is how the two always-on wearables compare.

The $75 Pebble Index 01 and the $249 Sandbar Stream both catch whispered thoughts from your finger. Here is how price, subscription, battery, audio handling and platforms compare.

Apple Watch Live Rewind shows the last 15 seconds of speech as text when you double-press the Digital Crown. Here is how it works, what it needs, and what Apple says about audio and privacy.