Ray-Ban Meta Glasses and the latest cheaper non-designer option are sold on the basis of the built-in AI features, but the company has just announced a “ridiculous” limit on the free usage you can make of an accessibility feature.
Effectively, Meta has retroactively applied a paywall to a hardware product it already sold to customers …
Meta first started rolling out the Conversation Focus feature in December of last year.
Whether you’re eating at a busy restaurant, commuting on the train, or catching your favorite DJ’s latest set, conversation focus uses the open-ear speakers on your Al glasses to amplify the voice of the person you’re talking to. You’ll hear the amplified voice sound slightly louder, which will help you distinguish the conversation from ambient background noise so you can stay tuned into the moments that matter. You’ll also be able to easily adjust the amplification level by swiping the right temple of your glasses or through your device settings to match the volume of your environment.
That’s a smart use of AI, and one of the best things about it is that it uses on-device processing, meaning that privacy isn’t compromised and mobile data isn’t needed.
