Sonde Health to Bring Voice-Powered Fitness Tracking to Smart Glasses

Sonde Health, a provider of voice artificial intelligence-based health technology, has partnered with Qualcomm Technologies to embed its vocal biomarker platform on devices powered by the Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1, processor. This collaboration enables smart glasses and augmented reality glasses to deliver wellness monitoring through the analysis of everyday speech without voice commands or user prompts.

Sonde's technology passively detects and analyzes subtle vocal patterns to generate fitness scores across multiple wellness domains, including stress, mental fitness, cognitive fitness, and respiratory health. It provides health tracking to increase mental fitness awareness and prompt micro-changes to routines, such as reminders to try breathing exercises or take a break at the onset of stress, along with insights into momentary states (e.g., stress or fatigue) and long-term trends (e.g., mental fitness changes over weeks).

Sonde's technology operates passively in the background so users do not need to change routines and works across languages, accents, and age groups. Voice data is processed locally on the device, with no storage or transmission of that data.

"Collaborating with Qualcomm Technologies allows us to optimize our technology at the chipset level, enabling truly seamless and scalable integration for smart and AR glasses manufacturers," said David Liu, CEO of Sonde Health, in a statement. "With Sonde's platform, Snapdragon AR1-powered devices can go beyond entertainment and connectivity. They can become proactive wellness companions that help the underlying conversational AI understand how you're doing and help you feel your best."