After rebooting Pebble SmartWatch brand, founder Eric Migicovsky is Develop The lineup of his company’s devices can wear the latest color: a smart ring known as AI Index 01See rank-. Given the finger where the ring should be worn, the new $75 ring is not a contender for continuity, Always listen AI tools, like Friend AIbut offers a way to quickly record notes and reminders with the press of a button on the side of the ring.
AI only plays through open source, speech mode, and locally open AI in the Pebble mobile appSee rank-. That is, if the ring button is not pressed, it does not record. (And this is press-and-hold on Write, too, which means you can’t start recording the ring and then put it in a nutshell.
You can wear a stainless steel ring while in the shower, washing your hands, doing dishes, or in the rain, but you should take it for other activities related to water, like swimming. When launched, it is water resistant for 1 meter.
The ring is also not a fitness tracker or a sleep monitor. It does not record details about heart rate or health. And none of your AI friends.
“I’m not trying to build some AI assistant,” Migicovsky told techcrunch in an interview. “I built something that solved one major problem, and solved it well,” he said. “I think (the ring) is an external memory to my brain… That’s what it’s like. It’s always with you.”
In addition, the ring has been designed to be reliable and privacy-preserving, he said, because all the thoughts are stored in the phone, not in the cloud. No subscription.
Migicovsky’s ring entered a large market for voice use. Last month, sandbar, a New York-based startup founded by former Meta employees, open ring streamwhich also allows users to use their thoughts via a touch activated microphone. However, unlike the 01 model index, the $249 ring offers a free subscription with a limited AI subscription and a $10-per-month subscription for chat and early access to features. Stream rings are expected to ship next summer.
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Migicovsky has been wearing his own ring for three months and says he can’t imagine returning to the world without having the memory device with him.
“The problem is, during the day, I get an idea or I remember it, and if I don’t write it down in the second, I forget it,” he said. The ring solves this problem, he added, without becoming another necessary device.
“The battery lasts for years,” Migicovsky said.
The ring is said to support approximately 12 to 14 hours of recording. On average, founders say they use 10 to 20 times a day to record their thoughts for 3-to-6 seconds. At that rate, they’ll get two years of use. When the ring battery dies, you can send it back to the company for recycling.
When using the index, you can record up to five minutes of audio, which can be saved to the ring and synced to the phone later. It makes sense to record briefers, thoughts and personal notes, even if you don’t have a phone easily, but you won’t be able to record to record friends, like presentations, meetings, or some interviews.
The ring also supports more than 100 languages and has a memory of the device at the time when you are not in many Bluetooth devices on the device, where the recording is finally saved and accepted. (The raw audio is saved, if the text of the speech is compared because of the loudness.)
If you have a Pebble Smartwatch or one of the other brands, your recorded thoughts can appear on the watch screen so you can verify that they are correct.
The ring works with the Pebble mobile app, which offers notes and reminders, but can also be selected with the phone’s calendar system, as well as understanding. And the ring’s software is open source, which makes hacking by the public, the founder said.
Due to its open nature, the ring button is already programmable. In addition to press-and-hold gestures, you can program the ring to do other things either singly or in multiples, like playing or pausing music or controlling the shutter on your phone’s camera. You can use it to send messages through Universal chat show Migicovsky is also created, or you can add your own voice acting through it McpSee rank-.
A new approach to hardware
Migicovsky admits that hardware is possible difficult to fit, like Out Pebble to Fitbit show. (Fitbit was later acquired by Google in 2021.)
“I didn’t make any money during Pebble – we were out, but nothing was out,” Migicovsky said.
But, but, he decided to revive the Pebble project After Pebbleos Google Open-Sourced-source, which opens the door to new hardware.
With his new company, Core Devices, Migicovsky plans to do things differently.
Still, the founder does not regret his previous choice, he explained.
“I wouldn’t go back and change anything. I like what we built. I like the company we’re running, but it’s not the only way to build a company,” he told Techcrunch. “And speaking as an EX-YC partner, there is a time and a place to build a fast-backed startup. Few companies are doing that, and I’m trying to make a profit,” he said.
The new company is a small team of five, self-funded, and focused on sustainability.
So far, the core device has been delivered Pebble 2 Duo Smartwatch with a black-and-white display. The first hair that sold, and the company is now preparing to send an updated version, Pebble Time 2See rank-. The newer device, which has seen 25,000 hours of pre-resistant stainless steel with a larger and larger e-ink screen.
As index 01, the ring’s pre-order offer ends in March 2026. After that, the price rises to $99. It is currently available in gold, polished, and matte black silver and works with iOS and Android devices. Customers can choose from eight ring sizes, ranging from 6 to 13.