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The camera housing on my Meta Nova glasses is smaller than on the Gen 2 glasses. From a distance, they might even read as rivets at a glance. (I asked my colleague Reece Rogers how they looked on my face, and from a few feet away in the WIRED office, he didn\u2019t even notice they were camera-enabled glasses at first.)<\/p>\n

They feel and function the same as before. You can interact with an AI assistant or snap photos and video with the press of a button. Conversation Focus<\/a>, a mode that helps hard-of-hearing people better pick up spoken words, is a feature that only works in early access on Meta\u2019s Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses. It seems very helpful, but my Meta-designed frames don\u2019t have it yet.<\/p>\n

They also don\u2019t have integration with Meta\u2019s Muse AI<\/a>, which the company says is coming later this year. I\u2019m intrigued by that, even if having access to a camera on your face will certainly help a service that seems better at surveilling than helping<\/a> its users. That said, I\u2019ve found Muse more useful than Meta\u2019s current AI assistant, and I look forward to asking my entirely too cute<\/a> AI buddy to assist me via my glasses.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Meta\u2019s current AI assistant on the glasses is still terrible. I tried to ask what features the glasses I was wearing had, and it failed miserably. The AI couldn\u2019t get any of the details right, even when I told it specifically which frames I was wearing and let it snap a picture of the Meta product page for reference. I wouldn\u2019t want to depend on the AI to help me sort out anything with some real complexity.<\/p>\n

If you pretty much ignore the AI entirely, the Gen 3 glasses do just about everything Meta promises. They capture nice photos and video, all while maintaining an indicator light that has recently been made more tamper-proof. (That\u2019s not necessarily enough to deter the creeps<\/a>.) The frames are wearable, and the software is competent enough. They\u2019re also pricey, so maybe you can save some cash sticking with the Gen 2. They\u2019ll all do what you probably expect them to do. Just maybe don\u2019t be weird about it, all right?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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