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Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) vs Omi in 2026

Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.

Key differences

Neither Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) nor Omi leads across the verified dimensions on DEPLOY's record as of 2026; the comparison table holds every sourced figure side by side.

  • Omi has the lower recorded price.
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ManufacturerBrilliant LabsBased Hardware
Form factorwearablewearable
Maturitycommercialcommercial
Autonomy——
Availabilityshipping-nowshippingshipping-nowshipping
Price$299-$349 (actual sale price)$17-$19/month subscription or $89 (actual sale price)
Capability claims——
Brain——
Verified deployments1Brilliant Labs1Based Hardware
Privacy practices11data-retention, cloud-upload, data-deletion-control, data-sale, bystander-recording, training-data-use, location-tracking, on-device-processing, biometric-storage, capture-indicator, third-party-sharing5third-party-sharing, on-device-processing, capture-indicator, data-deletion-control, cloud-upload
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Editorial summaries

Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame)

Brilliant Labs makes open-source AI smart glasses: the Frame (2024) and the newer Halo (announced July 2025). Both are open-source (hardware and SDK on GitHub; Lua on-device plus Python/Flutter), which sets them apart from the closed Meta and Humane ecosystems. The Noa assistant routes to cloud models (Perplexity, OpenAI, Whisper), and Halo licenses Liquid AI's on-device model.

Pricing runs about $349 for Frame and $299 to $349 for Halo. AI substance is moderate: developer-accessible and hackable rather than the most polished.

Omi

Omi, by Based Hardware (founder Nik Shevchenko, San Francisco), is a shipping AI necklace in the ambient-recording 'second brain' category: a small circular orb on a neck lanyard that captures conversations and runs them through GPT-4o for ambient transcription in 25+ languages, auto-summaries and tasks, a searchable memory database, daily recaps, and a 'Brain Map'. It sells for $89 as a consumer unit (about $70 dev) one-time, with a free tier (unlimited on-device transcription plus 1,200 cloud minutes a month) and an optional Omi Unlimited plan from $16 a month; the user owns the device.

It is one of the few genuinely open-hardware entries in the cohort: an MIT-licensed GitHub repo of about 12,700 stars with firmware, apps, and open hardware designs, maintained into 2026. The AI is genuine cloud functionality, not veneer. One significant cap-flag: the aspirational brain-interface and EEG 'reads-your-mind' marketing is not the shipping product, which is audio-only; the BCI module is roadmap with no code, and TechCrunch could not verify it. (Omi is distinct from Friend, Avi Schiffmann's pendant; Shevchenko's device was originally also named Friend and was renamed Omi.)

Common questions

How do Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) and Omi differ?
Neither Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) nor Omi leads across the verified dimensions on DEPLOY's record as of 2026; the comparison table holds every sourced figure side by side. Omi has the lower recorded price.
What is the difference between Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) and Omi?
Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) and Omi are both wearable robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.
Which is cheaper, Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) or Omi?
Omi has the lower recorded price on the DEPLOY registry than Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame). Prices are sourced; see each record for whether the figure is a manufacturer target, an estimate, or an actual sale price.
Which has more verified deployments, Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) or Omi?
Brilliant Labs Halo (and Frame) and Omi each have 1 verified deployment on the DEPLOY registry (confirmed at named sites with primary sources).

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