Everything is spying on you and there’s no opting out

What moved

Earlier this month, Apple announced that its new Apple Watches will have the ability to continuously listen to every spoken word they detect and create summaries of whatever's going on around you. …

Why it matters

Filed as a launch filing from The Verge, 2026-09-24.

On the record

• Filed from the The Verge official RSS on 2026-09-24.
• Primary source host: theverge.com.
• Earlier this month, Apple announced that its new Apple Watches will have the ability to continuously listen to every spoken word they detect and create summaries of whatever's going on around you.