The thing that made Meta Ray-Bans feel genuinely useful was being able to look at something and ask your glasses about it without pulling out your phone. That feature is now on your phone.
Meta updated its AI app today with live camera vision. Point your phone at the world and ask Meta AI what it's seeing in real time, whether that's a restaurant menu you're trying to find gluten-free options on or something you need help with around the house. It runs on Muse Spark, Meta's new in-house AI model built from scratch after the company decided its previous models weren't competitive enough.
Google Search Live and ChatGPT already let you point your camera at the world and have a real-time conversation about what it sees. What's different about Meta's version is that answers draw from Instagram, Facebook, Reels, and Marketplace.
For anything social or local, Meta has data nobody else has.
The updated app also supports natural voice conversations where you can interrupt, switch topics, or change languages mid-sentence, running across WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and Threads.
Muse Spark is rolling out to Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta glasses in the US and Canada over the next few weeks, and to the Meta Ray-Ban Display — the version with a small screen built into the lens — this summer.
Meta is betting that getting millions of people hooked on the phone version is the fastest way to sell them the glasses. If the AirPods with cameras rumors pan out, Apple is reportedly trying the same thing, just through your ears first, not your eyes.