"The ring, which comes in silver ($249) and gold ($299), with a black resin contour on the inside, is available to preorder now, with shipping to begin in summer 2026. It only listens when you press and hold on its miniature touchpad, a bit like a walkie-talkie. You wear it on your index finger, raise it to your lips when you want to save that brilliant idea you just had, or find a quick recipe for Japanese eggplants, and press to record."
"The ring confirms it's listening with a gentle haptic vibration, then transcribes your thoughts onto an accompanying app. Unlike the much-reviled Friend AI pendant, which types answers to your query on its app, Stream Ring talks back into your earbuds, while also saving its answer into the app. The ultimate goal? To help you bridge the gap between your thoughts and your words."
Stream Ring is a wearable index-finger ring that captures spoken thoughts when the user presses a miniature touchpad, confirms listening with a gentle haptic vibration, and transcribes recordings into an accompanying app. The device plays responses into connected earbuds while saving answers in the app. Pricing is $249 for silver and $299 for gold, with preorders open and shipping slated for summer 2026. Sandbar, a New York-based "interface company" cofounded by Mina Fahmi and Kirak Hong, designed the ring to reduce UX friction and help people more easily express fleeting ideas.
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