If you ever watched Twin Peaks and thought it might be nice to have a portable recorder you could speak all your idle thoughts into, good news: Sandbar is working on a smart ring that doubles as a voice recorder with its very own AI assistant.
It's called the Stream Ring, and Sandbar launched a pre-order page for the device this week, promising to start shipping out units in the summer of 2026. The Stream Ring starts at $249 for a matte silver version or $299 for the gold variant, and it comes with a free 3-month subscription to Sandbar's Stream AI assistant service.
You don't need a subscription to use the ring or its accompanying app, but if you don't subscribe, you will be limited in how often you can chat with the AI assistant.
The device itself looks like a simple, chunky ring with

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