# Hey Pocket

Manufacturer: [Open Vision Engineering (Hey Pocket)](/companies/open-vision-engineering)  
Category: wearable

## Summary

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.

## Top line

> Hey Pocket is shipping now at $99-$199 (actual sale price), no capability claims are on file, the model has no verified field deployments in the registry, and no incidents are on record.

## Readiness

- **Availability** (shipping-now): Shipping now.
- **Price honesty** (actual-sale-price): One price on file: $99-$199 (actual sale price).
- **Capability honesty** (no-claims): No reviewed capability claims on file for Hey Pocket.
- **Real-world use** (commercial): Maturity: commercial. No verified deployments in the registry.
- **Safety record** (no-incidents): No incidents on record. No verified deployments either.

## What it claims to do

_No reviewed capability claims on file._

## Price

- $99-$199, _actual-sale-price_ ([Open Vision Engineering (Hey Pocket)](https://www.heypocket.com/)) _as of 2026-01-01_

## Real-world use

_No verified deployments on file for Hey Pocket._

## Safety record

_No incidents on record. No verified deployments either, so the absence is uninformative._

## Privacy

_No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Hey Pocket._

## Specs

- **notes**: [{"label":"Verdict: REAL (not vaporware)","value":"Hey Pocket surfaced in AlsoAsked 'Wearable AI' data; audit confirms it is a REAL, actively-marketed, shipping device - NOT vaporware. Legal entity: Open Vision Engineering, Inc. (San Francisco; founded 2024). Founders Akshay Narisetti (CEO) + Gabriel Dymowski (ex-CEO DoxyChain). YC W26; ~$500K seed (Jan 2026). maturity=commercial (shipping now, iOS+Android apps live)."},{"label":"Lineage cross-link","value":"CEO Akshay Narisetti PREVIOUSLY BUILT Omi (the open-source AI note-taker, in registry as model omi under based-hardware) before founding Pocket. Separate companies/products; worth a cross-link."},{"label":"AI-substance: genuine","value":"Cloud AI transcription (120+ languages), auto summaries, mind maps, action-item extraction, Ask-Pocket Q&A; multi-model routing (GPT-5/Claude/Gemini). Captive-vs-sale: hardware SALE + freemium SaaS; the no-subscription-core positioning is its differentiator vs Plaud/Compass."},{"label":"Claimed but NOT verified","value":"Exact unit sales/shipment volumes; 'world's first AI thought companion' superlative (marketing); real-world speaker-separation accuracy (not independently benchmarked in a tier-1 review yet)."}]
- **specs**: Screenless AI voice recorder, 52g; standalone wearable that also MagSafe-attaches to the back of a phone; dual studio mics + contact mic (for phone calls); on-device storage + battery. $99 launch (reg $199); FREE core, NO subscription required; Pocket Pro $19.99/mo (speaker labels, 100+ summary styles, unlimited Ask Pocket). iOS + Android. Multi-model cloud AI ('powered by GPT-5, Claude, Gemini') transcription in 120+ languages, summaries, mind maps, action items, Ask-Pocket Q&A. Proprietary.
- **formFactor**: wearable (screenless AI voice recorder / 'thought companion'; standalone + MagSafe phone-attach)

## What's under the hood

_No brain on file for Hey Pocket._

## Frequently asked questions

### Is the Hey Pocket actually available for purchase?

Yes, shipping now.

_Source: [Hey Pocket: screenless AI voice recorder; $99; free core; multi-model (GPT-5/Claude/Gemini)](https://www.heypocket.com/)._

### What does the Hey Pocket cost?

Hey Pocket costs $99-$199 one-time (actual sale price).

_Source: [Open Vision Engineering (Hey Pocket)](https://www.heypocket.com/)._

### Where is the Hey Pocket being used?

No verified field deployments on record.

### Is the Hey Pocket safe?

No incidents on record, but with no verified field deployments either, the absence is uninformative.

### How does the Hey Pocket handle privacy?

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Hey Pocket.

### Who makes the Hey Pocket?

Hey Pocket is made by Open Vision Engineering (Hey Pocket), based in San Francisco, California, USA.

_Source: [Hey Pocket: screenless AI voice recorder; $99; free core; multi-model (GPT-5/Claude/Gemini)](https://www.heypocket.com/)._

## Manufacturer

- [Open Vision Engineering (Hey Pocket) (https://www.heypocket.com/)](https://www.heypocket.com/)

## Compared to

- [AI Pin](/consumer/models/humane-ai-pin)
- [Xiaomi AI Glasses](/consumer/models/xiaomi-ai-glasses)
- [Omi](/consumer/models/omi)

## Sources

1. [Hey Pocket: screenless AI voice recorder; $99; free core; multi-model (GPT-5/Claude/Gemini)](https://www.heypocket.com/)
2. [Pocket (YC W26); Open Vision Engineering; founders Akshay Narisetti + Gabriel Dymowski](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pocket)
3. [Open Vision Engineering Inc. (~$500K seed Jan 2026; YC W26)](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/openvision-engineering)
4. [Hey Pocket AI device transcribes your day (independent coverage)](https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/this-sleek-new-ai-device-will-transcribe-your-day)

_Canonical: https://deploy.report/models/hey-pocket_