Legato launches $999 AI hearing glasses

Legato launched its AI hearing glasses at $999, with frames weighing 34 grams with lenses and offering 10–12 hours of battery life. TechCrunch’s launch report says the company processes audio on-device and uses no cameras or recording; Legato also claims its open-ear speakers reduce escaped sound by 99%. Wearable builders should treat local processing as a trust and latency advantage, but benchmark speech separation, battery life and real-world accessibility at the $999 price before promising a replacement for established hearing hardware; the archive’s Apple Home AI cost analysis shows how intelligence entitlements become product economics.