SwitchBot AI MindClip debuts at CES as a 'second brain' to organize your conversations

SwitchBot's AI audio recorder is a 'second brain' for memories

SwitchBot is joining the AI voice recorder bandwagon, introducing its own clip-on gadget that captures and organizes your every conversation. The SwitchBot AI MindClip announced at CES records spoken information from your daily life and work meetings and converts those conversations into summaries, to-do actions, and a personal audio memory database. This announcement follows competing AI recorder launches like Bee, Plaud's NotePin, and Anker's Soundcore Work. The MindClip weighs 18 grams, supports more than 100 languages, and has a similar design to the lighter Soundcore Work -- both sport a button-like recorder and square-shaped clip. The MindClip is designed to work like a "second brain," according to SwitchBot, allowing users to search and retrieve previous discussions that may have otherwise been forgotten. The AI-powered summarization, task creation, and information recall features will only be available to users who subscribe to an unspecified "cloud service," according to SwitchBot's press release. The company hasn't shared how much this service and the device itself will cost, or when either is expected to launch.

SwitchBot turned up to CES with an AI wearable that records everything you say

We've all fantasied about sprawling on an embroidered chaise lounge while our amanuensis faithfully typed out everything we said. SwitchBot turned up to CES with something that does a similar job, but without the romance of the amanuensis, the typewriter or the chaise lounge. Instead, it's launching the AI MindClip, a wearable microphone which records and transcribes every noise to come from your mouth. The company isn't alone, with many others turning up to CES this year offering devices to log your thoughts through the day. But SwitchBot does hope to distinguish itself from the crowd with an AI which can both summarize and extract useful data from your chats. The company's representatives said it will use its initiative and create its own reminders based on what it thinks you'll need to remember. Sadly, we couldn't get to see it working in person, and we don't know when it'll be available or how much it'll cost. But it'll probably be a little bit cheaper than a chaise lounge.

SwitchBot's new AI audio recorder promises to organize your conversations -- here's how it'll work

SwitchBot, the smart home automation company, has arrived at CES 2026 this year and joined the list of companies in the AI wearable space with the Switchbot AI MindClip. Like the wearable AI devices from Plaud, Bee or Anker's Soundcore Work, SwitchBot's AI MindClip is there to take down notes and record conversations and meetings for you. This new clip weighs just 18g/0.6oz, supports more than 100 languages, and, like its competitors, allows you to record and listen back to conversations and meetings, along with transcriptions and AI-powered notes. While details are still light on this particular product, it will have a focus on its user being able to search through 'memories' and track down important information that it has recorded in the past. No price has been announced yet, but SwitchBot has hinted at a subscription-type model to access a lot of the key features. This is a similar route to what its competitors have done. In the world of AI devices, the market is surprisingly slim. The area that has seen the most success is the one that Switchbot has ventured into, with a robust competition of different AI recording devices. However, while these devices make up most of the AI tools you'll see, there are other areas companies are trying to move into. We've seen 'AI friendship' wearables, like Friend, where a device interacts with the world, making conversation with you throughout the day. There have also been companies like the Humane Pin, which tried to replace smartphones, and Rabbit R1 (a company that has gone through some issues in recent months). While the successful devices seem to be limited to just AI audio recorders right now, there is a push for more AI tools. OpenAI, for example, has been rumoured to be working on its own set of devices for years, with a potential release date looming. If this proves successful, we could then see a whole new set of AI devices offering assistants, audio recorders, cameras and more.

SwitchBot's new gadget clips to your collar and records your conversations, so you'll never have to pay attention ever again

Prone to daydreaming in meetings? Awful at remembering what you've agreed to do? SwitchBot has a new gadget that could save you from getting fired / shouted out by your loved one. The SwitchBot AI MindClip attaches to your collar and records all your conversations, then puts them all into a private, searchable database. I got a chance to check one out at CES 2026, where it's making its debut. If you want to up the ante by using AI to turn that audio into summaries and to-do lists, there's a cloud-based subscription service that'll help with that. With that service, you can also ask AI to help you find a discussion you need to refresh yourself on the details of. The AI MindClip is multilingual, with support for over 100 languages, and lightweight at just 18g. SwitchBot assures me there's end-to-end encryption for privacy. Although I can clearly see its potential usefulness, it all feels a bit invasive and creepy to me. The name and the fact that SwitchBot is referring to it as a 'second brain' doesn't help, nor does the fact it's a literal Black Mirror episode brought to life. In a work setting, with the MindClip positioned clearly on someone's collar, there's an argument this is kind of thing is perfectly appropriate. It's not that different from recording a video call. But there's nothing to stop you using it for all your private conversations too, which is where we get into slightly murkier waters. Most people seem to immediately jump to its potential for checking exactly who said what, to settle arguments (the immediate response of the two journalists I was being shown around the CES booth with was, "Woah, my wife's going to hate this.") Plus, it can very easily be concealed. If you can get over the creepiness and want something to help aid a wandering brain during business meetings though, this still looks like a cool innovation.