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Hey Pocket vs Spectacles 5 in 2026

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

Key differences

On DEPLOY's record, Hey Pocket is further along: at the commercial stage versus Spectacles 5 at the pilot stage, as of 2026.

  • Hey Pocket is at the commercial stage; Spectacles 5 at the pilot stage.
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ManufacturerOpen Vision Engineering (Hey Pocket)Snap Inc
Form factorwearablewearable
Maturitycommercialpilot
Autonomy——
Availabilityshipping-nowshippinginternal-onlyenterprise
Price$99-$199 (actual sale price)$99/month subscription (actual sale price)
Capability claims——
Brain——
Verified deployments1Open Vision Engineering (Hey Pocket)1Snap Inc
Privacy practices9cloud-upload, training-data-use, third-party-sharing, bystander-recording, data-deletion-control, data-sale, data-retention, location-tracking, data-deletion-control10training-data-use, biometric-storage, capture-indicator, location-tracking, data-retention, cloud-upload, third-party-sharing, data-deletion-control, bystander-recording, on-device-processing
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Editorial summaries

Hey Pocket

Hey Pocket, by Open Vision Engineering (San Francisco, a Y Combinator W26 company; CEO Akshay Narisetti previously built Omi), is a screenless AI voice recorder and 'thought companion'. The 52-gram device works standalone and MagSafe-attaches to the back of a phone, with dual studio microphones plus a contact microphone for calls and on-device storage, running multi-model cloud AI (routing across GPT-5, Claude, and Gemini) for transcription in 120+ languages, summaries, mind maps, action items, and an Ask-Pocket Q&A feature.

It sells for $99 at launch against a $199 regular price, with a free core and, distinctively, no subscription required (an optional Pocket Pro plan is $19.99 a month). DEPLOY records it at commercial maturity: a real, shipping product (live iOS and Android apps), not vaporware, and its AI substance is genuine. The editorial throughline is the no-subscription-core posture, a direct contrast to subscription-required rivals like Plaud.

Spectacles 5

Snap's Spectacles 5 are standalone AR glasses (Snap OS, dual see-through waveguide displays, hand-tracking and voice, four cameras, ~46-degree field of view, ~45-minute runtime) and the AR-first corner of the wearable-AI cohort, distinct from the capture-first recorders (Plaud, Omi) and the assistant-first camera glasses (Meta Ray-Ban, Rokid). The AI is genuine: multimodal Lenses and a 'My AI' assistant powered by OpenAI and Google's Gemini (read signs, translate menus, identify objects).

DEPLOY records it at pilot maturity, because it is not a consumer product: distribution is developer-only, a $99-per-month subscription with a one-year commitment, US-only, not retail. There is therefore no consumer purchase price. A next-generation consumer device, 'Specs', is targeted for 2026 but has not shipped.

Common questions

How do Hey Pocket and Spectacles 5 differ?
On DEPLOY's record, Hey Pocket is further along: at the commercial stage versus Spectacles 5 at the pilot stage, as of 2026. Hey Pocket is at the commercial stage; Spectacles 5 at the pilot stage.
What is the difference between Hey Pocket and Spectacles 5?
Hey Pocket and Spectacles 5 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, Hey Pocket or Spectacles 5?
On the DEPLOY registry, Hey Pocket and Spectacles 5 have a comparable recorded price. Both figures are sourced; check each record for the price status (target, estimate, or actual sale).
Which has more verified deployments, Hey Pocket or Spectacles 5?
Hey Pocket and Spectacles 5 each have 1 verified deployment on the DEPLOY registry (confirmed at named sites with primary sources).

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