Ray-Ban Meta glasses now offer a live translation feature to all owners, after an earlier small-scale test.You can download language packs in advance, enabling translation even when you don’t have a mobile data connection.The Meta AI features, which lets you ask the glasses questions about what you’re seeing, has also now launched in EU countries, and there are new frame and lens combos too … Ray-Ban Meta glasses The smart glasses have so far offered two main features.
First, you can shoot POV photos and videos using either a button-press or a voice command like “Hey Meta, shoot a video.” Second, you can ask the built-in AI to tell you about whatever it is you’re looking at, with a “Hey Meta, tell me what you see” command.You can see a bunch of examples of this in my review of the glasses, with more in a follow-up post.The feature can be incredibly impressive – for example: The text was definitely too small in the frame for the glasses to have cheated.
That feature was initially withheld from the EU due to privacy concerns, but is now available in all EU countries.Live translation Meta has been testing a live translation feature, and says it’s now available to all users.Other languages are likely to follow.
I’ll be putting this to the test shortly – watch this space.New styles too Meta has also announced new frame and lens combos.The glasses are now available in a wide range of style and color combos.
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