AI Pendant Friend Relaunches with a Speaker, Doubles in Price
The Verge AI · rss · 2026-07-31
Friend, the AI pendant brand that previously spent $1.8 million to acquire the friend.com domain and plastered NYC subways with ads, has announced a new product release. The biggest hardware update is the inclusion of a speaker, enabling direct voice conversations with the user instead of relying solely on text message replies. However, the price of the new device has also doubled.
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