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Friend AI wearable launches $249 version with speaker, subscription

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Friend, an AI wearable pendant, has launched a new version for $249, featuring a built-in speaker and updated AI models. The device continues to offer a randomized personality and voice, responding verbally instead of solely through a companion app. Founder Avi Schiffmann appears to intentionally court controversy, suggesting a deliberate strategy to leverage negative attention. AI

IMPACT This product iteration focuses on enhanced user interaction through a speaker, but its controversial marketing and subscription model may limit broader adoption.

RANK_REASON Product launch of an AI-adjacent wearable device.

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Friend AI wearable launches $249 version with speaker, subscription

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  1. Engadget TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Ian Carlos Campbell) ·

    That AI wearable you don't like just got worse

    The new Friend pendant features a speaker, updated models and the same off-putting ideas about how humans should use AI.

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