Limitless Pendant Review 2026: Discontinued—What to Buy Instead

Current status at a glance

What Meta acquired

Limitless developed a wearable microphone intended to capture conversations, turn them into searchable transcripts and organise them as a personal memory system. After Meta acquired the company, the Limitless team moved into Meta’s AI-wearables work.

The acquisition did not create a new retail future for the Pendant. It ended new sales and narrowed support to existing customers in remaining regions for a defined period.

Why old product pages are misleading

Search results may still show historical prices, subscription tiers or hardware specifications. Those pages describe an earlier offer. The current official notice states:

• No new Pendant sales.
• No additional units for existing customers.
• No service in the UK, EU and several other regions from 5 December 2025.
• Desktop and web recording discontinued.
• Continuing Pendant customers in supported regions are promised support for at least one year from the acquisition notice.

A visible price in an old search result or resale listing is not proof that a supported product can still be purchased or activated in the buyer’s region.

What the Pendant did well

The original idea was compelling. A wearable recorder could stay with the user during walking meetings, short conversations and spoken reminders. The connected service added:

• Searchable conversation history.
• Transcripts and summaries.
• Speaker labelling.
• Custom vocabulary.
• Questions across previous conversations.
• Temporary local audio storage when the phone was unavailable.

The visible recording light also signalled that the device was active, although the company’s own guidance required users to notify people and obtain consent rather than relying on the light alone.

The lesson for every AI-recorder buyer

The end of Limitless demonstrates that an AI recorder is partly hardware and partly an ongoing service. The microphone may continue to exist after an acquisition, but transcription, search, account access and cloud memory can disappear.

Before buying any recorder, answer these questions:

1. Can the original audio be exported in a common format?
2. Does the hardware retain usable local recordings if the app closes?
3. Can another transcription service process those recordings?
4. What happens when a subscription ends?
5. How long is cloud support guaranteed?
6. Can transcripts and account data be exported in bulk?
7. Does the product remain useful without the manufacturer’s servers?

The updated privacy terms matter

Limitless updated its privacy policy on 5 December 2025. The current policy states that collected information may be used to train, develop and improve artificial-intelligence, machine-learning and large-language models.

Supported continuing owners should review the current policy rather than relying on older descriptions. They should export important information and avoid recording material that does not fit the updated terms or their professional obligations.

What supported continuing owners should do during 2026

• Export every important transcript and authorised account record.
• Keep an independent copy outside the Limitless service.
• Confirm that their country remains supported.
• Review the current privacy policy and model-training language.
• Prepare another capture and transcription workflow.
• Avoid relying on the minimum support commitment for critical long-term records.

The official notice promises support for at least one year from 5 December 2025 for supported continuing Pendant customers, not permanent continuation beyond that minimum period.

Why buying a used Pendant is risky

A second-hand Pendant may be difficult to unpair, may not be eligible for continuing support and may be located in a country where the service has ended. In the UK and EU, the normal service is officially unavailable.

The hardware was never merely a standalone dictaphone. Its usefulness depended on the Limitless account, phone application, processing service and searchable lifelog.

Current alternatives by recording style

Wearable recording

A currently supported wearable may suit users who need hands-free capture. Buyers should still compare battery, subscriptions, exports, safety guidance, service dependency and consent workflow.

Phone-attached card recorder

See whether Halo fits where Limitless Pendant does not is designed for intentional meeting and supported call capture. It includes 64GB local storage, NOTE and CALL modes, up to 35 hours of recording and one year of DOWAY Max in the current package.

Software meeting assistant

Online-first users may need a service such as Otter, Fathom or Fireflies rather than another wearable. These tools can capture digital meetings but do not replace independent hardware for field work.

Direct comparison matrix: Limitless Pendant and NERALVO Halo

How to read this matrix: it is not scored to force a Halo win. The competing option leads where its deployment, integrations, placement or ecosystem is stronger; Halo leads only where its dedicated capture workflow is the better fit.

This is no longer a normal feature comparison for a UK customer. Limitless is not sold and its service is unavailable in the region. Halo is a current product with local storage and a defined companion-app package.

The broader difference remains important: Limitless pursued an always-available wearable memory system, while Halo is intended for deliberate recording of selected meetings, interviews, lectures and supported calls.

Frequently asked questions

Can new customers buy the Limitless Pendant?

No. New sales ended on 5 December 2025.

Does Limitless work in the UK or EU?

No. Regional service ended on 5 December 2025, and affected users were given a short period to export data before account deletion.

How long are supported continuing customers covered?

The official notice says support will continue for at least one year from 5 December 2025 for existing Pendant customers in supported regions.

Should somebody buy a used Pendant?

A UK or EU buyer should not. Buyers elsewhere would still face account, battery, support and future-service risk.

Can users export or delete their data?

The official service provides export and account-deletion routes for accounts that remain accessible.

Official sources and related reading

• Official Limitless acquisition and support notice
• Current Limitless privacy policy
• PLAUD NotePin Review
• Granola AI Review

Final exit checklist

• Current region and support status checked.
• Important data exported and opened independently.
• Updated privacy terms reviewed.
• Unnecessary sensitive history deleted.
• Cloud-dependent features identified.
• Replacement tested well before the minimum support commitment reaches its end.
• Used-device resale risk avoided or understood.
• Account deletion documented where required.

Verdict: Limitless Pendant was an ambitious wearable recorder whose commercial future ended after the Meta acquisition. New UK and EU buyers should not purchase one. Supported continuing owners should export their data and prepare a replacement well before the minimum support period reaches its end.