Flomem · Product facts · waitlist
Flomem v0.1
An announced open-source recording card on a waitlist, with $69 early-bird pricing and a user-supplied AI processing model rather than a vendor subscription or managed cloud.
- Announced price
- $69.00
- Form
- Card
- Subscription
- None
- Confidence
- Medium
Official-source analysis
What the published evidence means
Editorial evidence audit completed by a research agent · 2026-07-15
Flomem is unusual because it treats the recorder as input for an agent the owner controls instead of selling a closed transcription service. That architecture remains a promise: the page's April 2026 campaign timing has passed, ordering is not open and the promised source release cannot yet be verified.
Where it stands out on paper
- The official page publishes dimensions, weight, microphones, storage, connectivity and endurance in unusual detail for a prelaunch device.
- A user-controlled processing path avoids a mandatory vendor transcription subscription and could suit self-hosted workflows.
Important trade-offs
- The device is only on a waitlist, and the announced April 2026 campaign milestone has already passed without an orderable launch.
- Open-source code, the relay and the MCP integration are promised release deliverables rather than software available for inspection at the verification date.
We have not tested this device. This official-source analysis does not assess recording quality, transcription accuracy, comfort, app reliability, or real-world battery life. It is based on Flomem official product and waitlist page.
Identity and availability
| Brand | Flomem |
|---|---|
| Status | waitlist |
| Release date | Not disclosed |
| Aliases | None documented |
| Product family | Standalone model |
| Regional variant | No separate regional variant documented |
| Markets | US |
| Service status | Not tracked separately |
| Recording modes | In-person, Voice memo |
Hardware
| Dimensions | 85.6 × 54 × 4 mm |
|---|---|
| Weight | 22 g |
| Microphones | Four microphones |
| Storage | 8 GB |
| Continuous recording | 15 hours |
| Standby | 168 hours |
| Pickup range | Not disclosed |
| Charging | USB-C |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth 5.2, USB-C |
AI, language, and export
| Capabilities | Approximately 400 hours of compressed local storage, User-controlled agent or cloud handoff, Open-source relay and planned MCP skill, ATS2853 processor |
|---|---|
| Captures audio | Not separately documented |
| Stores raw audio | Not separately documented |
| Transcription timing | Not separately documented |
| Translation languages | Not disclosed |
| Transcription languages | Not disclosed |
| Processing | User-selected agent, API or self-hosted processing path |
| Export | Raw audio through the open-source relay and planned MCP skill |
| Deletion | Local device and user-controlled storage workflow |
| Storage region | Not disclosed |
| Integrations | Model Context Protocol skill planned for release, User-selected AI agents and APIs |
Plans
| Plan | Included transcription | Price | Billing | AI features | Usage add-ons | Version | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not applicable | |||||||
Illustrative ownership cost
Based on 120 recording minutes per week, the verified regular hardware price when available, no tax or promotion, and the lowest-total-cost listed plan that covers the usage.
1-year total
$69.00
$0.66 / recorded hour
2-year total
$69.00
$0.33 / recorded hour
3-year total
$69.00
$0.22 / recorded hour
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Source and update record
Retrieved 2026-07-15
Price verified 2026-07-15 ·16 core field evidence records
Last material change: Initial source-backed catalog publication and evidence normalization.
- brand
- known · source flomem-official · checked 2026-07-15
- model
- known · source flomem-official · checked 2026-07-15
- status
- known · source flomem-official · checked 2026-07-15
- release Date
- not disclosed · source flomem-official · checked 2026-07-15
- markets
- known · source flomem-official · checked 2026-07-15
- regular Price
- known · source flomem-official · checked 2026-07-15
- form Factor
- known · source flomem-official · checked 2026-07-15
- recording Modes
- known · source flomem-official · checked 2026-07-15
- storage
- known · source flomem-official · checked 2026-07-15
- official Endurance
- known · source flomem-official · checked 2026-07-15
- charging
- known · source flomem-official · checked 2026-07-15
- languages
- not disclosed · source flomem-official · checked 2026-07-15
- plans
- not applicable · no supporting source yet · checked 2026-07-15
- processing
- known · source flomem-official · checked 2026-07-15
- export
- known · source flomem-official · checked 2026-07-15
- deletion
- known · source flomem-official · checked 2026-07-15
Official product image ↗ stored locally for editorial identification. Cropped capture of the official page's inline vector product illustration; it is not presented as production photography.