Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses are getting even more AI features, like live language translations and Meta AI for live video

'Hey Meta' will be able to do a whole lot more

· TechRadar

News By Jacob Krol published 25 September 2024

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The Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses might be the most popular smart glasses around, and that’s likely thanks to their feature set and housing. Meta partnered with Ray-Ban to bring the iconic Wayfarers into the technological age with slightly thicker frames, two cameras, some speaker tech, microphones, and connectivity.

These smart glasses started out as a unique way to capture photos or videos, at times even more 'in the moment', given that you didn’t need to take your phone out and launch the camera. In recent months, Meta has infused these smart glasses with Meta AI, enabling you to look at something and simply say, “Hey Meta, what’s this?” and let it look, analyze it, and then provide you an answer. It’s pretty neat. 

Now, though, at Meta Connect 2024, the team working on the Smart Glasses wants to make these even smarter – and if you guessed that they're doing that with AI, you’d be correct. 

Language translations and visual reminders

Kicking things off with what might be the most helpful new feature, the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses will get live language translation later this year. Similar to what Samsung accomplished with the Galaxy Buds Pro 2 or Google with the Pixel Buds Pro 2, the Ray-Ban Metas will be able to translate languages near-live, initially between English and Spanish, Italian, and French. 

This could prove pretty helpful, and more natural than attempting to do this with earbuds in, as it’s baked into the smart glasses, which you might already be wearing daily if you’ve opted to install prescription lenses. 

Furthermore, beyond asking Meta to set a reminder verbally, you can now set up reminders based on things that you see, and therefore Meta is viewing – so it could be as you’re getting milk out of the fridge and realize you’re almost out, or maybe a package that you left near your front door that you need to be sure you take with you. This feature should be rolling out sooner rather than later.

Similarly, you’ll now be able to scan QR codes for events, phone numbers, and even full contact information. If a QR code is visible, you’ll be able to ask Meta via the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses to scan it – we imagine the information will then appear in the Android or iOS companion app.

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