{"id":894522,"date":"2026-09-16T21:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T21:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/894522\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T21:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T21:20:15","slug":"metas-new-glasses-might-see-no-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/894522\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta\u2019s new glasses might see no more"},"content":{"rendered":"

TL;DR: Meta is apparently so sick of being the maker of \u201cpervert glasses\u201d that it may launch camera-less versions<\/a> of its hit eyewear soon. But that won\u2019t necessarily fix all its privacy issues\u2014or slow the onslaught of backlash and lawsuits the company faces.<\/p>\n

What happened: We could get a glimpse of the new glasses, codenamed \u201cLuna,\u201d as soon as next week, per a report from The Information. And while few details are available right now, it\u2019s rumored that they will still have six mics (the same as the previous release) and speakers.<\/p>\n

The mics give people a hands-free way to interact with Meta\u2019s AI products, including its new Muse personal assistant<\/a>. It\u2019s probably a safe bet that Luna will let users capture their surrounding audio, too, but there\u2019s no confirmation yet of its recording capabilities\u2014or whether it\u2019ll still have an LED light to alert people when it\u2019s capturing.<\/p>\n

Glasshole fatigue: Meta ditching the camera on its bestselling eyewear may come as a surprise to some. But over the last year or so, we\u2019ve seen growing pushback against smart glasses and other all-seeing, all-hearing devices\u2014including new anti-\u201cglasshole\u201d apps like ZuckOff<\/a> that can detect nearby smart glasses. Meta, for its part, said in late July that it would start removing Instagram content where smart glasses users harass others (though such videos are still pretty easy to find<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Lawsuits galore: On top of all the public distaste, there are now two proposed class action lawsuits taking aim at Meta\u2019s glasses. The first, filed in March, alleges that Meta used people\u2019s smart glasses footage to train its AI without their knowledge or consent\u2014and let contractors view these sometimes-intimate recordings. In late August, the suit was amended to include bystanders who don\u2019t own Meta glasses<\/a> but were recorded anyway.<\/p>\n

The second, filed in early September, accuses Meta of illegally extracting biometrics<\/a> from people\u2019s Facebook and Instagram photos\u2014which the suit claims it used to develop an unreleased facial recognition feature for its glasses.<\/p>\n

Bottom line: Luna sure looks like Meta\u2019s attempt to calm the creep glasses backlash. But of all the tech devices now packing cameras and mics, Meta\u2019s have drawn the most ire\u2014suggesting the problem may also be the company in the public\u2019s view. \u2014WK<\/p>\n

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