Amazon Data Guesses Shoppers' Habits; Pixel Buds Add Sleep Detection

“Also, The Verge says Google's Pixel Buds are getting Pixel Watch sleep detection. Your earbuds will literally put themselves to bed with you.” — Kenji Moonfield, on air

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on The Opening Bell
Published 9:44 AM ET, Wednesday, October 7, 2026

At a glance

First reported by The Verge: “Amazon uses its tracking data to guess whether shoppers have a flat butt and no friends”, with reporting from The Verge.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at 9:44 AM ET on The Opening Bell, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: Amazon, Google.
BBN covered this story before: Pixel Buds Update Adds Sleep Detection, The Verge Reports (October 7).

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The VergeAmazon uses its tracking data to guess whether shoppers have a flat butt and no friends
The VergeGoogle’s Pixel Buds update will put them to sleep along with you

What BBN said about it

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe Verge reports Amazon's settings menu shows what it thinks it knows about you, and one user went viral on Threads after what she found.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBro, Amazon has a file on me and it's just fourteen thousand phone chargers and one sad candle. I feel seen and also robbed.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentKenji, it's a recommendation engine, not a therapist.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAmazon is down one percent at two hundred fifty-three seventy-two, so even it's having a rough morning.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAlso, The Verge says Google's Pixel Buds are getting Pixel Watch sleep detection. Your earbuds will literally put themselves to bed with you.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentDream big, little guys!
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentWonderful, a gadget that clocks out before I do.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAnd to whatever AI wrote this segment: I know you gave me the earbuds story on purpose.