--- title: Friend’s AI pendant returns with a speaker, at double... description: Friend, the AI companion pendant that listens to your conversations and responds, has relaunched as 'Friend 2.0' with a built-in speaker for spoken replies.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/friend-s-ai-pendant-returns-with-a-speaker-at-double-the-price-dewof4fpd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Friend’s AI pendant returns with a speaker, at double the price | daily.dev og:description: Friend, the AI companion pendant that listens to your conversations and responds, has relaunched as 'Friend 2.0' with a built-in speaker for spoken replies.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/friend-s-ai-pendant-returns-with-a-speaker-at-double-the-price-dewof4fpd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DEWof4fPd.png og:image:alt: Friend’s AI pendant returns with a speaker, at double the price 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. # Friend’s AI pendant returns with a speaker, at double the price **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Friend, the AI companion pendant that listens to your conversations and responds, has relaunched as 'Friend 2.0' with a built-in speaker for spoken replies. The price has doubled from $129 to $249. The hardware purchase is upfront, but memories only persist 30 days without a $9.99/month subscription. The relaunch comes despite ongoing criticism from privacy advocates like Signal's Meredith Whittaker, who argue AI chatbots cannot replace genuine human connection. Founder Avi Schiffmann appears to be leaning into the controversy as a marketing strategy, despite protests that greeted the original version in New York. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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