Friend re-launches its AI pendant with a speaker that talks to you, for twice the price
The Verge David Imel ● Covered by 2 sources
Friend relaunched its AI pendant with a new speaker feature that allows voice interaction with the AI assistant. The new version costs twice the price of the original pendant, which the company had promoted through a costly NYC subway advertising campaign. Users can now have spoken conversations with the pendant instead of only receiving text messages.
Why it matters
Do you remember Friend? The Friend that launched an AI pendant, spent $1.8 million of its $2.5 million to acquire friend.com, and plastered the NYC subway with ads promoting artificial companionship? Yeah well, if you didn't remember, Friend is back. And now, it's twice the price. This morning, Friend launched a new ad showing two […]
