Meta is reportedly developing smart glasses that omit the feature causing the most privacy concern in existing models: an integrated camera. The Information describes the product, code-named Luna, as an audio-focused way to use Meta’s chatbot and its Muse consumer agent.
The glasses are said to include six microphones and a button that activates the AI system. Meta may unveil them at its Connect event next week, but the company has not confirmed the report or provided pricing, availability or detailed privacy controls.
Removing image capture would address fears that camera-equipped glasses can record bystanders without meaningful notice. It would also narrow what the assistant can do, because visual questions and first-person image capture depend on a camera. An array of always-available microphones creates a different trust issue: buyers will want to know when audio is processed, where recordings go and how clearly activation is signaled to people nearby.
Meta has led the early smart-glasses market, yet its Reality Labs unit continues to lose money and consumers remain uncertain about cost and everyday usefulness. Luna would test whether direct, hands-free access to an assistant is valuable without visual sensing. Until Meta announces the device, its final hardware and launch date should be treated as provisional.