Another AI-powered wearable is coming to market. It’s not a pendant like Friend, nor a wristband like Amazon’s Bee. This time, it’s a smart ring called the Stream Ring from the company Sandbar founded by former employees of the neural interface startup CTRL-Labs that was acquired by Meta. Users can preorder the Stream Ring now for $249 for silver or $299 for gold, and it’s expected to ship to the US in the summer of 2026.

Stream Ring is designed to “capture thoughts in the moment” as a tool for “self extension,” the company says. Wearers can “whisper in a crowd” and the ring will record and transcribe their notes-to-self or conversations. From these recordings, Stream will create notes in the accompanying app, initially available on iOS. The dictaphone ring doubles as a music controller,

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