Meta's Smart Glasses Gain Live AI and Live Translation

Meta today added new features to its Ray-Ban smart glasses, including live translation and live AI. With live AI, the Meta smart glasses are able to see whatever the wearer sees thanks to the built-in camera, and can hold real-time conversations.

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According to Meta, the glasses are able to provide hands-free help with meal prep, gardening, exploring a new neighborhood, and more. Questions can be asked without the need to say the "Hey Meta" wake word, and the AI can understand context between requests for referencing prior queries. Meta says that eventually, the AI will be able to "give useful suggestions before you even ask."

Along with live AI, there's now a new live translation feature that can translate in real-time between English and either Spanish, French, or Italian. When someone is speaking in one of those three languages, the glasses will translate what they say into English through the speakers or on a connected smart phone, and vice versa.

The Meta glasses are now able to use Shazam to identify songs, so if you ask "Hey Meta, what is this song?" Shazam can provide the song title. Shazam is an Apple-owned company now, and is heavily integrated into iOS.

All of these features are part of the Early Access Program open to any Meta glasses wearer. Sign-ups are available on Meta's website, though there are a limited number of slots for customers in the United States and Canada.

Meta's smart glasses have seen a good amount of consumer interest, and rumors suggest that Apple might be getting into the smart glasses market with a similar device. Back in October, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said that Apple is considering a pair of smart glasses that are comparable to the Meta Ray-Bans, offering Siri support, integrated cameras, and more.

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Top Rated Comments

Rookbird¥ Avatar
10 months ago
I said it before and I’ll say it again. This is what Apple should have developed instead of the virtual reality glasses. This is the future.
Score: 22 Votes (Like | Disagree)
tbayrgs Avatar
10 months ago



Ugly AF!

If privacy wasn't dead before it surely is now.
Yup because this just screams Cooool. ?

A pair of the Meta Ray-Bans with tinted lenses look just like traditional Ray-Ban Wayfarers.

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Score: 22 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jz0309 Avatar
10 months ago

Do you have evidence it is uploading all that to meta? At least it has better features than the vision pro. And costs less too. All you have with the vision pro are floating windows.
Have you ever looked at Metas apps on the AppStore? The “data collected” section or whatever it’s called? If that isn’t enough evidence…
Edit: look at FB “app privacy”


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Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jz0309 Avatar
10 months ago
All the while recording everything you “see” and say …
No Thank You!
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Macalway Avatar
10 months ago
Aside from the apparent intense contention here, this is sort of what I wanted all along, and what I (thought) Apple was going to come up with. It's the only thing that makes sense for a mass market device imo, and will most likely be refined over the years. They are doing a good job. Kudos.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
EightyEight Avatar
10 months ago
If Meta prices these at $3500 then they have a killer product.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)