Friend

Friend

Friend is a wearable AI companion made by Friend Global, Inc. in San Francisco and founded by Avi Schiffmann. The pendant is worn on a necklace and is always listening while connected to the friend app on an iPhone. Each friend is born with its own voice and personality, and users can talk with it back and forth out loud or text it privately in the app. Friend costs $249 on the company's website.

Key Features

• Spoken conversation: Talks back and forth out loud through the pendant.
• Own voice and personality: Each friend comes with its own name, voice and personality.
• Always listening: Listens through the day while connected to the app, so it can talk about what happened.
• Text chat: Users can also text their friend privately in the iPhone app.

Use Cases

• Daily company: A companion to talk with through the day.
• Talking through ideas: Thinking out loud and getting spoken responses.
• Shared moments: Talking about the day afterwards with a companion that heard it.

Getting Started

Friend is sold on its website and requires an iPhone and the friend app: https://friend.com/