The Limitless Pendant is no longer for sale. Meta acquired Limitless in December 2025, new sales stopped on December 5, and service has already ended in the EU, UK, and several other regions. If you wanted a Pendant, or own one and are watching the 2026 support clock, the practical question is what to buy instead.
My take: Fieldy 3 is the closest thing you can buy to what the Pendant promised: a wearable that captures your day and hands back structured, searchable memory. Bee is the budget path if passive life-logging mattered more to you than notes, and Omi is the answer if the acquisition itself is why you are leaving.
Quick picks
What happened to Limitless
The acquisition, briefly
Meta acquired Limitless in December 2025. Pendant sales stopped on December 5, 2025. Non-Pendant features like Rewind were discontinued, and service ended the same day in Brazil, China, the EU, Israel, South Korea, Turkey, and the UK, with a short window for affected users to export data.
What existing owners keep
Limitless says existing customers are supported through 2026 and get the Unlimited plan free. That is a genuinely decent wind-down, but it is a wind-down. Nothing has been promised beyond 2026, and a memory device you cannot rely on next year is a hard thing to keep trusting with your memory.
What made the Pendant distinct
Three things defined it: it was worn, so it was present for your whole day, not just meetings; it was ambient, capturing without per-conversation effort; and its subscription made heavy use affordable. A replacement should be judged on those three axes, which is exactly where most “AI note taker” lists fail, because software tools cover none of them. We rank the wearable field more broadly in our Plaud alternatives guide.
The 4 real alternatives
Fieldy 3
Closest current match to what the Pendant did: all-day wearable capture with structured notes.
- Pendant or watch, built for all-day wear
- Summaries, tasks, speaker labels, search, API/MCP
- Not an ambient 'record everything forever' philosophy
Bee (Amazon)
Closest to the Pendant's ambient-memory philosophy, at a fraction of the price.
- Cheapest way to keep life-logging
- Daily summaries by design
- US-only, iOS-only, Amazon-owned
Plaud NotePin S
Best if you want a wearable from the biggest brand in AI recorders.
- Flexible wear options
- Large template ecosystem
- Press-to-record mindset, not ambient
Omi
Best for people whose reaction to the Meta acquisition is 'never again': open source, self-directed.
- Open-source direction
- Maximum control over data and models
- Least polished consumer experience here
| # | Device | Price | Philosophy | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fieldy 3 | $129 offer / $179 regular | All-day wearable, structured notes | Not a pure life-logger |
| 2 | Bee (Amazon) | $49.99 | Passive ambient memory | Amazon-owned, US-only, iOS-only |
| 3 | Plaud NotePin S | $179 | Intentional recording, worn | Session mindset, 20 h battery |
| 4 | Omi | $179 | Open-source wearable platform | Tinkerer energy required |
How to choose, by what you actually miss
You miss the memory, not the recording
If what the Pendant gave you was “I can find what was said,” Fieldy 3 is the strongest match: transcripts, summaries, speaker labels, tasks pulled from conversations, and search across all of it, worn as a pendant or watch, with online meetings captured through the desktop app so the archive covers your whole day. We ranked it against the wider field in our best AI note takers for in-person conversations guide. If you push data into other tools, the Public API, webhooks, and MCP support matter; our developer platform guide shows what that looks like.
You miss the ambience
If you loved that the Pendant just ran, Bee is the closest philosophical heir: daily summaries from passive capture at a $49.99 entry price, and a more literal life-logger than Fieldy’s structured-notes approach. The caveats are structural, not cosmetic: Amazon owns it, orders ship US-only, and the device supports iOS only. If a big-tech acquisition is what pushed you out of Limitless, buying into another one deserves a pause.
You miss neither: you want control
Omi is open source and developer-forward: bring your own AI, inspect the stack, keep your data path in view. It is the least polished option here and the best answer to “never let a corporate roadmap eat my memory device again.”
Honest exits from the category
If your conversations are mostly phone calls, none of these wearables is right. Plaud Note Pro is the call recorder; our Pocket AI vs Plaud comparison covers that space. And if everything you care about happens on Zoom, skip hardware and use Otter, Fireflies, or Fathom. You are replacing a meeting-notes workflow, and software is enough.
Fieldy 3 is $129 at checkout right now ($179 regular), with 150 free transcription minutes monthly, optional Unlimited at $15.99/month on annual billing, and a 14-day return window.
See Fieldy 3Privacy and consent
Whatever you buy, the Pendant’s biggest lesson applies: know where your conversations live and under whose roadmap. Check each vendor’s current data and security documentation, understand the consent laws where you record, and tell the people around you: an always-on wearable is a social contract, not just a gadget.
FAQ
Can you still buy the Limitless Pendant?
No. Limitless stopped selling the Pendant on December 5, 2025, after Meta acquired the company. There is no new-customer path: buying one today means secondhand hardware attached to a service with a limited future.
What happened to Limitless?
Meta acquired Limitless in December 2025. New sales stopped, non-Pendant features like Rewind were discontinued, and service ended in several regions including the EU and UK. Limitless says existing customers keep support through 2026 with the Unlimited plan free.
What is the closest alternative to the Limitless Pendant?
Fieldy 3 is the closest product you can buy today: a wearable pendant (or watch) that captures conversations all day and turns them into transcripts, summaries, and tasks. Bee is closer to the Pendant's passive life-logging philosophy but comes with Amazon ownership, US-only orders, and iOS-only support.
Do existing Pendants still work?
For now, in supported regions. Limitless committed to supporting existing customers through 2026 and made the Unlimited plan free for them. Service already ended in Brazil, China, the EU, Israel, South Korea, Turkey, and the UK. What happens after 2026 has not been promised, which is exactly why owners are shopping for replacements.
Does anything match the Pendant's unlimited plan?
Fieldy Unlimited is $15.99 per month on annual billing or $19.99 monthly on top of the device, and Plaud's unlimited plan is $19.99 per month annually. Nobody currently bundles truly unlimited transcription free with hardware; compare included free minutes if you are a light user.
Sources checked
Limitless status, Fieldy, Plaud, and Bee pricing checked August 26, 2026. Omi last verified June 10, 2026 (listed for pre-order at the August check). Re-verify before relying on it.
- Limitless: sales-ended notice, support-through-2026 and regional details
- Fieldy 3 product page
- Fieldy memberships
- Plaud NotePin S product page
- Plaud AI plan pricing
- Bee
- TechCrunch on Amazon acquiring Bee
- Omi
