Beyond Glasses: Meta’s Next Step in Conquering the World of AI Wearables

A little over three years ago, on November 30, 2022, Sam Altman tweeted about the launch of ChatGPT and simply invited people to try talking to it. What seemed then like a modest launch became, almost overnight, the starting point of the modern AI revolution. One of the most interesting questions raised over the past year is: In which interfaces will AI actually integrate into our lives?

As part of the tech giant's efforts to solidify its standing in the world of AI-based hardware, Meta announced (December 5, 2025) the acquisition of the startup Limitless.

The company’s product isn't another pair of glasses or a watch, but a small, smart AI-powered pendant or necklace. Its goal is simple yet revolutionary: to accompany the user throughout the day, record conversations and meetings, and automatically generate concise summaries via a dedicated AI app.

In other words, it is an attempt to turn human memory into something "searchable," summarizeable, and retrievable at the right moment- without opening a laptop or stopping life to write down notes.

This move is no coincidence. Dan Siroker, CEO of Limitless, explained, following the deal, that the shared vision with Meta is to bring "personalized super-intelligence" to everyone. For Meta, this is a direct continuation of the success of their smart Ray-Ban glasses, which became a surprise hit and drove a surge in sales.

This acquisition marks a clear trend for the near future: Wearable AI that goes everywhere with us. The field is heating up fast- just last July, Amazon acquired the competing startup, Bee (developer of a smart bracelet), and now Meta joins the race against other players like Friend and Plaud.ai.

Perhaps this is the most interesting aspect for us as Computer Science students: The next challenge in development might not just be writing the smartest algorithm or training the largest models, but packaging the AI into hardware that integrates naturally into our daily lives.

The acquisition comes just days after Meta recruited Alan Dye, who served as Apple's VP of UI design since 2015- a move that signals the seriousness of its intentions to lead the future of smart devices. Find this 10-minute interview where Zuckerberg discusses this here.

This evolution brings us to a critical crossroads. In a world where technology has already significantly shortened our attention spans, the idea of outsourcing our memory feels both promising and daunting. On one hand, "searchable memory" might lead to cognitive atrophy- if we aren't required to remember, will we lose the ability to do so? On the other hand, the workplace could be transformed.

By offloading the technical burden of documentation and recall to AI, we might finally regain the freedom to focus on what truly matters: creativity, complex problem-solving, and being fully present in the moment. As future developers, the question we must ask is: are we building tools that replace our minds, or tools that set them free?