CES 2025: Based Hardware announces Omi AI wearable device

A new AI wearable device has been announced in CES 2025 called Omi. This can be worn either as a necklace or be placed on the side of your head.

Last year, Based Hardware has launched Friend, an open source AI necklace. Now, in CES 2025, the company has changed the name of their necklace to Omi.

Users have two ways to wear the device: either as a necklace or attached to the side of one’s head with medical tape. Based Hardware claims that it uses “brain interface” to activate or when users say, “Hey Omi”.

Omi is said to be able to assist users in day-to-day activities. This includes summarizing conversations, answering questions, reminding users by creating to-do lists and scheduling events. It uses GPT-4o to listen to the user and remember context to give advice.

Nik Shevchenko, Founder and CEO of Based Hardware states: “Our goal was to build a completely hands-free device, so you can look people in the eye and have real conversations without having to type notes on your phone.”

Users can pre-order the device for USD 89.00 (~PHP 5,208.50) through Omi’s official website. The company states that shipping will begin in Q2 2025.