Overview
- Augmental announced on July 22, 2026 that the MouthPad is now for sale in the U.S. and that Vox is available as a limited beta.
- The MouthPad is a custom‑fitted, in‑mouth Bluetooth device that uses a pressure‑sensitive palate trackpad plus head‑motion sensing to register tongue gestures for cursor control, clicks, swipes, and remappable shortcuts.
- Augmental lists the MouthPad at $1,400 plus an approximately $100 dental scan and offers Vox beta units at $200, with both products expected to ship within months and Vox broadly slated for late 2026.
- The devices are not FDA approved; Augmental says over 100 early users have tested the MouthPad (some using it up to 16 hours per day) and reports a 6,300+ waitlist and a company‑reported 10.47 bits/sec performance benchmark that the firm compares to some implanted BCIs.
- Augmental plans to pair Vox’s body‑transmitted audio with MouthPad tongue data to build silent‑speech models that could broaden hands‑free access, though high cost and the lack of regulatory clearance limit immediate clinical reimbursement and wide adoption.