The new Apple Watch can listen in on your conversations and take notes. That makes me feel weird.

So you got an Apple Watch to track your steps and heart rate. Now all your friends are afraid you're taking notes on their conversations.

The latest Series 12 Apple Watch model, announced at the company's big September event, includes new AI listening features. Apple is calling them "Audio Intelligence." They're convenient and cool, but also a little … weird. They also strike me as very un-Appley.

The two features that caught my eye are called Siri Recap and Live Rewind.

Siri Recap can be set to always listen, or just for certain hours of the day (or not at all). The AI recaps are available upon request in Siri, and will be a recap of what the mic on your Apple Watch heard — not the full audio clip or transcript.

The examples Apple gives for what you could use this for include remembering high-level moments from a team meeting or a parent-teacher conference.

Live Rewind gives you a transcription of what was just said in the last 15 seconds. You can then send the transcription to Siri to save for later.

In the example they give, a server speeds through the daily menu specials — relatable! That's always a challenge to remember. A quick double-tap to the watch's crown, and you can see the list of menu items she just rattled off.

The other examples they give for using this are remembering book recommendations from a friend or a great idea your colleague just had. You can send the transcript to Siri to look at later when you want to remember that book or great idea.

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But in both cases, I'm not sure the convenience fully offsets how strange I would feel knowing I'm walking around with an always-on listening device.

Technically, it's ambiently on, and there are some general privacy functions. Apple emphasizes that audio is not recorded or stored, and raw audio isn't accessible to you or even Apple. It doesn't label individual speakers' voices to identify them. The recap summaries are stored in Siri with end-to-end encryption.

But even so, something here feels … off. It means if I'm talking to you and you're wearing an Apple Watch, you might be getting a recap of our conversation sent to Siri to look through later. That feels weird!