{"id":389684,"date":"2026-01-05T14:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/389684\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T14:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:29:15","slug":"this-ai-smart-ring-can-listen-in-on-your-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/389684\/","title":{"rendered":"This AI Smart Ring Can Listen In on Your Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"u-speakableText-p1\">Smart rings are popular ways to track our health and wellness, but what if your ring could also record your work meetings?<\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p2\">The ring from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vocci.ai\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vocci AI<\/a>, which I saw at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news-live\/ces-2026-news-live-updates\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CES 2026<\/a>, looks like any other smart ring, but it&#8217;s designed to integrate with your professional life rather than your personal one. Notably, the Vocci ring isn&#8217;t an always-listening, omnipresent device; recording starts only when you manually press a small button on the side of the ring. Once recording begins, it captures the meeting and generates a transcript when it&#8217;s over.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to revisit an important moment in a meeting, you can tap the button on the side of the ring. Vocci will flag that section in the transcript in red and provide AI-generated insights based on those notes. It supports more than 100 languages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"Row of Vocci AI smart rings\" height=\"900\" width=\"1200\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p>Vocci AI rings are made with aerospace-grade titanium.<\/p>\n<p> CNET<\/p>\n<p>The ring itself is 2.8mm thick and 6.8mm wide, giving it a look similar to a typical smart ring &#8212; such as those made by Oura &#8212; but with physical buttons built in.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=cnet.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Add CNET<\/a>\u00a0as a preferred Google source.<\/p>\n<p>The ring can capture approximately 8 hours of recording time. Plus, since it&#8217;s only designed to be used during working hours, you can charge it overnight without worrying you&#8217;ll miss out on important data, as you might with wellness-oriented smart rings.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/ai-atlas\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-shortcodeImage_imageContainer\">  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"CNET AI Atlas badge art; click to see more\" height=\"268.105702364395\" width=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>  <\/a>  CNET<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve seen a lot of AI-powered devices <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/ces\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here at CES<\/a>, from AI toys to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/plauds-newest-wearable-ai-notetaker-is-my-ces-2026-secret-weapon\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pins<\/a> and working companions. These physical devices are one version of the next step in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/forget-the-chatbots-ais-true-potential-is-cheap-fast-and-on-your-devices\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">evolution of AI<\/a>; we&#8217;ve already seen AI heavily integrated in our phones, laptops and creative software.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These standalone devices aren&#8217;t entirely new &#8212; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/rabbit-overhauls-its-r1-ai-device-with-a-major-touch-focused-os-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">Rabbit R1<\/a> and Friend AI pendant made waves with their initial releases in previous years. But improvements in AI software could make these tangible tokens of AI more useful, especially when they&#8217;re tailored to meet specific needs.<\/p>\n<p>Recordings captured by the Vocci rings are saved to the cloud, so you may not want to wear the ring when you&#8217;re discussing sensitive content. The rings will be available for preorder in February, with the first batch expected to ship in April.<\/p>\n<p>For more, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/ces\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CES<\/a> coverage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/home-robot-ai-hype-ces-reality-check\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">future of humanoid robots<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/home\/kitchen-and-household\/lg-brought-a-robot-that-cooks-folds-laundry-and-empties-the-dishwasher-to-ces\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LG robot that cooks, folds laundry and empties the dishwater<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Smart rings are popular ways to track our health and wellness, but what if your ring could also&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-389684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}