--- title: Apple buys Q.ai to help devices read our faces | daily.dev description: Apple acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai for nearly $2 billion to develop silent speech technology that interprets facial micro-movements and subtle audio cues.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-buys-q-ai-to-help-devices-read-our-faces-53mznkdsj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Apple buys Q.ai to help devices read our faces | daily.dev og:description: Apple acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai for nearly $2 billion to develop silent speech technology that interprets facial micro-movements and subtle audio cues.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-buys-q-ai-to-help-devices-read-our-faces-53mznkdsj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/53mZNKDsJ.png og:image:alt: Apple buys Q.ai to help devices read our faces og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Apple buys Q.ai to help devices read our faces **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Apple acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai for nearly $2 billion to develop silent speech technology that interprets facial micro-movements and subtle audio cues. The technology could enable users to control devices like AirPods and Vision Pro headsets through imperceptible gestures without speaking. This acquisition represents Apple's strategy to redefine human-computer interaction beyond traditional voice assistants, with potential features expected as early as 2027. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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