The latest update to the Ray-Ban and Oakley Meta smart glasses is rolling out and v21 adds two powerful audio tools to the specs that I can’t wait to try.
The first is a first teased during Meta Connect 2025: Conversation Focus.
Today, it’s arriving for those in the Early Access program (limited to users in the US and Canada), and the feature is designed to help you hear people better when chatting in a noisy space.
With this feature, Meta promises that the microphones in your glasses can pick up what the person you’re chatting with is saying, isolate their words from the noise of a DJ set, the clatter of cutlery on plates in a busy restaurant, or the hubbub of commuters on the train (among other things), and then broadcast their voices through the speakers in your glasses.
Just note that, also being Early Access, Conversation Focus probably won’t work perfectly out of the box.
Give sound to your sight
The other audio upgrade is aimed at a wider range of users, although you’ll need Spotify to enjoy it.
If the music streaming service is connected to your Meta account, you can use the Look and Ask feature on your glasses to record what you can see – whether that’s playing music from album art you saw in the wild, or simply wanting to listen to tracks that match your current vision.
Just say something like “Hey Meta, play a song that matches this view.” Spotify will then use its library and understanding of your musical tastes to create a soundtrack to your life.
I use Apple Music rather than Spotify, but this feature tempts me to switch to the rival music streaming service. It looks like this could be a lot of fun to try.
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