Best AI Pins & Recorders
Your always-updated guide to the best AI pins, pendants, and wearable recorders.
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Best AI Pins & Recorders
Your always-updated guide to the best AI pins, pendants, and wearable recorders.
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AI Pin Recommendation Quiz
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My Top Picks
Of all the options available, these are the ones I currently would buy. They're reliable, work well, and I trust them the most.
Plaud Note Pro
The hardware is polished, battery life is great, and they have excellent mobile and desktop apps.
Pocket AI Recorder
All metal hardware, built in USB-C port, and generous usage limits makes it a compelling option.
Plaud NotePin S
If you want a more flexible form factor, the Note Pin is the one to get. The added physical button on the Pin S is worth it.
Ones to Watch
These ones show promise
Soundcore Anker Work
Elegant hardware with barebones software. Excited to see Soundcore refine their app experience.
HiDock P1
If you need a device to connect via Bluetooth with your headphones and record, this is a great option.
HiDock P1 mini
The only device I know of that allows you to invisibly summarize phone calls while using headphones.
Always Listening AI Pins
These devices leave their microphone on all the time to collect as much context as possible. In my testing I found they struggled to reliably transcribe and summarize. Plus, they introduce many legal and ethical issues.
Fieldy - Wearable AI Note Taker
Of all the always listening options, Fieldy performs the best. It still struggles with identifying who is saying what, but it shows promise.
Omi AI
Omi shows lot's of promise, but I found the experience to be buggy and unpredictable. However, if you're a developer, Omi is a great option as it's all open source.
Bee AI
Bee showed promise early on, but their app has gotten very buggy since Amazon bought them.
Looki L1
Just don't... the camera is low quality, and it looks like you're wearing a police body cam.
Friend AI Necklace
Terrible. It's mean and profoundly unhelpful.
The Other Options
This category is getting crowded, but here are the other ones I've tested.
Mobvoi TicNote
On Mobvoi's website they make two products: this AI recorder and treadmills. I would need to see much more information about how they handle recordings/transcripts before using this.
AI Recorder by ABVPO
This company has given me no reason to trust them - they don't even list their brand on the product listing.
Plaud Note
It's solid, but the new Pro hardware is much better.
Plaud NotePin
I find the capacitive button to be a pain. Just get the NotePin S and save yourself the hassle.