# What does a 1X NEO record in your home?

**What Does a 1X NEO Record in Your Home? (2026)** · Last verified Jul 26, 2026. 3 sources.

**Part of this is on the record and part is blank. NEO carries a live camera feed a remote operator watches in Expert Mode, that is verified. What NEO keeps of that feed, whether it records audio, and where any of it is stored, 1X has not disclosed.** NEO's sensing is easier to pin down than most home robots because 1X's own operating model gives it away. Expert Mode teleoperation only works if there is a live camera feed for the remote operator to see, and a Wall Street Journal reviewer confirmed a person watching through NEO in the home. So a real-time video feed exists and reaches a human, that much is verified. From there the record thins fast. Whether NEO records and stores that video rather than just streaming it live, whether it captures audio, whether any of it is used to train 1X's models, and where it is stored, none of that is established on any record we hold. 1X markets NEO as learning over time, which implies data is retained somewhere, but the company has published no retention schedule, no storage-location statement, and no deletion mechanism we can cite. So the honest picture is a verified live feed plus a set of stated absences. We will not turn the marketing hint about learning into a confirmed training pipeline, and we will not assume audio capture that 1X has not described. This is general information, not privacy advice.

## Quick answers

- **Does NEO have a live camera feed?**: Yes, for Expert Mode
- **Does it record and keep video?**: Not disclosed
- **Does it record audio?**: Not disclosed
- **Is your home data used to train 1X?**: Implied, not confirmed

## Short answer

The useful way to answer this is to separate what NEO's operating model forces to be true from what 1X has actually stated. Forced true: NEO ships teleoperation-assisted, and a remote operator in Expert Mode sees a live camera feed inside your home, which a Wall Street Journal reviewer confirmed. A home humanoid that a person drives by sight necessarily has cameras streaming to that person, so [the live feed is verified](/home-robots/neo-is-a-human-watching.md). Not stated: whether that video is recorded and kept or only streamed, whether microphones capture audio, whether footage trains 1X's models, and where anything is stored. 1X says NEO learns over time, which strongly implies something is retained, but an implication is not a policy, and we mark it claimed rather than verified. The retention, storage, and deletion rows on the [1X NEO data-collection grid](/home-robots/handbook/neo-data-collection.md) are honest absences for exactly this reason. So the answer is: a real feed a human watches, yes; a documented account of what is kept and where, no. We report the gap plainly. This is general information, not privacy advice.

## What actually exists today

| What people ask about | Status | The reality |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A live video feed to a remote operator | Yes | Verified. Expert Mode teleoperation depends on a live camera feed a remote 1X operator watches; a WSJ reviewer confirmed a person driving NEO by sight in the home. The feed reaching a human is not in doubt. |
| Recording and keeping that video | Not disclosed | Undisclosed. Whether NEO stores the feed rather than only streaming it, and for how long, is not established on any record we hold. Stated as an honest absence, not a denial. |
| Audio capture | Not disclosed | Undisclosed. 1X has not stated whether NEO records audio in the home. We will not assume a microphone stream the company has not described. |
| Training 1X's models on your home | Implied, not confirmed | 1X markets NEO as learning over time, which implies retained data feeds training. That is a claimed reading of the marketing, not a confirmed pipeline. No training-data policy is on the record. |
| Where data is stored and how to delete it | Not disclosed | Undisclosed. No storage-location statement or deletion mechanism is on any record we hold, even though delete rights exist in law (CCPA, GDPR). Stated rather than guessed. |

## How to read what NEO records

The trap here is symmetric: over-reading the marketing into a confirmed data pipeline, or under-reading the teleoperation into no cameras at all. Hold each piece at its real weight.

- **The verified floor: There is a feed, and a human sees it**: Teleoperation is not compatible with no cameras. A remote operator drives NEO by sight, confirmed hands-on, so a live feed exists and reaches a person. That is the solid floor under everything else.
- **The claimed middle: Learning over time implies retention**: 1X markets NEO as improving with use, which implies data is kept and used. We treat that as a claimed reading of marketing, worth flagging, not a confirmed training pipeline, because 1X has published no policy that says so.
- **The honest absence: Storage and deletion are blank**: What is recorded, where it lives, and how you erase it are not on any record we hold. Those are the rows that would actually bound your exposure, and they are undisclosed. We state that rather than fill it.
- **Where it stands: Waiting on a data policy**: When 1X publishes what NEO captures, keeps, and how you delete it, the claimed and absent rows here flip to verified or get bounded. Until then, a verified feed and a stack of stated absences is the honest picture.

## What would change this

We track NEO against [the verified record](https://registry.deploy.report/models/1x-neo) and its [data-collection grid](/home-robots/handbook/neo-data-collection.md) so you do not have to. Any one of these moves the answer, and each becomes a dated line the week it happens:

- 1X publishes what NEO records and retains, whether audio is captured, and where footage is stored.
- 1X confirms or rules out using home data to train its models.
- 1X ships a deletion or opt-out control for home footage.
- An independent teardown documents NEO's sensor suite and on-device storage.
- Scrutiny of what a home robot records tends to follow real incidents. Right now the verified record holdszero safety incidentsfor the 1X NEO itself, and every new one is logged the week it lands.

## How we know this

The live feed is verified because NEO's disclosed teleoperation model requires it and a reviewer observed it. The training use is a claimed reading of 1X's marketing, flagged as such. Recording, audio, storage, and deletion are absent from every record we hold, so they are marked undisclosed rather than filled in.

- [WSJ: hands-on with the 1X NEO (a human driving it in the home)](https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/i-tried-the-robot-thats-coming-to-live-with-you-its-still-part-human-68515d44) (Apr 2025)
- [1X NEO: the verified registry record (teleoperation-assisted)](https://registry.deploy.report/models/1x-neo) (live)
- [The 1X NEO data-collection grid (retention and deletion rows are honest absences)](/home-robots/handbook/neo-data-collection.md) (live)

If 1X publishes what NEO records and keeps, or if you can show us we got something wrong, our corrections process logs the response on the record.

## Common questions

### What does a 1X NEO record in your home?

It carries a live camera feed a remote operator watches in Expert Mode, which is verified. What it keeps of that feed, whether it records audio, and where anything is stored, 1X has not disclosed. So the honest answer is a confirmed live feed plus stated absences on retention and storage.

### Does the 1X NEO record audio?

Undisclosed. 1X has not stated whether NEO captures or stores audio in the home. We will not assume an always-on microphone the company has not described, so we mark this an honest absence rather than a yes or a no.

### Does 1X use my home data to train its robots?

1X markets NEO as learning over time, which implies retained data feeds training, but the company has published no training-data policy we can cite. We treat this as claimed, a reading of the marketing, not a confirmed pipeline.

### Can I delete what a 1X NEO recorded?

There is no deletion mechanism on any record we hold. CCPA and GDPR give many people a delete right in law, but whether and how you could exercise it for NEO home footage is undisclosed. We report the absence rather than assume a control.

## Keep reading

- [The 1X NEO at home: what a buyer should know](/home-robots/1x-neo.md): Privacy, safety, and buying one, one page.
- [What does a Tesla Optimus record in your home?](/home-robots/optimus-what-it-records.md): The silent contrast.

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