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Omi vs AirGo Vision in 2026
Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
Key differences
Neither Omi nor AirGo Vision 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.
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Based Hardware | Solos |
| Form factor | wearable | wearable |
| Maturity | commercial | commercial |
| Autonomy | — | — |
| Availability | shipping-nowshipping | shipping-nowshipping |
| Price | $17-$19/month subscription or $89 (actual sale price) | $299-$349 (actual sale price) |
| Capability claims | — | — |
| Brain | — | — |
| Verified deployments | 1Based Hardware | 1Solos |
| Privacy practices | 5third-party-sharing, on-device-processing, capture-indicator, data-deletion-control, cloud-upload | 9third-party-sharing, capture-indicator, biometric-storage, data-sale, data-retention, cloud-upload, data-deletion-control, bystander-recording, location-tracking |
| Sources on file | 6 | 10 |
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Editorial summaries
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.)
AirGo Vision
The Solos AirGo Vision is an audio-first AI smart-glasses line with a camera, built on the AirGo platform. Its SmartHinge system swaps camera and non-camera frame fronts and arms via USB-C. SolosChat is powered by GPT-4o, cloud-routed through Solos servers ('ask about what you see').
Pricing is $299 standard and $349 for the bundle, with a $149 camera front-plate. It is genuine cloud AI, though reviews note mediocre open-ear speakers and camera quality. Successors include the AirGo A5 (audio) and AirGo V2 (16MP, January 2026).
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Recent coverage
- $IOTEX target for bullrunOmi · TradingView · 2026-08-22
- NYT Pips hints, answers for August 22, 2026Omi · Mashable · 2026-08-22
- Solos debuts an even lighter version of its camera-less smart glassesAirGo Vision · The Verge · 2026-07-07
- These New Smart Glasses From Solos Come With a Privacy Shield for the CamerasAirGo Vision · Wired · 2026-07-07
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