Apple Announces New Apple Watches Will Continuously Listen and Summarize Speech

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., spoke at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, as captured by Bloomberg via Getty Images. The presentation highlighted Meta’s ongoing initiatives in social media and technology development.

Earlier this month, Apple announced that its new Apple Watches will continuously listen to every spoken word they detect and generate summaries of the surrounding environment. The feature prompted immediate privacy concerns, with experts warning of legal risks in nonpublic spaces and in states where eavesdropping laws require mutual consent. Many critics described the technology as “creepy.” In response, Apple released a comprehensive page of technical details aimed at reassuring users that the device is not spying on them, and the company noted that one feature, Liv … The full story is available at The Verge.