Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses have been a big success and the company is continuing to expand the capabilities of these stylish tech shades that include a camera and speakers. You’ll soon get live translation, reminders, and more, along with a new clear style.
Since these Ray-Bans can see and hear, Meta is leveraging the advanced AI capabilities of its new Llama 3.2 model to enable live translation. In a live demo, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg spoke with Brandon Moreno, one speaking English and the other Spanish, while their Meta glasses translated for each person.
Despite a small delay — about one to three seconds before the AI spoke the translation — it’s a great addition for owners of these smart glasses. Zuckerberg mentioned live translations of Spanish, French, and Italian. More languages will follow.
Another Meta AI improvement gives it memory. You’ll be able to ask your smart glasses to remind you where you parked or to pick up apples at the store. With Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses becoming more helpful in everyday life, you might find yourself reaching for them more often.
The Ray-Ban smart glasses can already describe and answer questions about what you see, snapping a photo with the integrated camera. Now that multimodal AI is getting more practical capabilities.
With the latest update, you can scan QR codes with your Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses and call phone numbers you see in print or on a billboard just by asking. Your stylish Ray-Bans will also give fashion advice when you’re selecting clothes and jewelry.
Be My Eyes is a game-changing service for people with low vision or blindness, getting assistance from a sighted volunteer. Until now, a phone served as the live-stream camera but now Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses are all that’s needed.
Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses also serve as earbud replacements, letting you take calls and play music. Meta has improved integrations with Spotify and Amazon Music, and added Audible and iHeart.
There will be more integrations over time and ongoing improvements to the AI, making the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses a device that keeps getting better.
To celebrate the success of this step toward an AR future, Meta is launching a new limited-edition version of Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses in clear frames. We’ve seen these worn by Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth in the past, and now you’ll be able to get them too.
Google just dropped its latest AI model, Gemini 4 Carbon, designed to tackle complex coding jobs and cybersecurity threats. The company claims it can work through difficult engineering problems for days, finding hidden bugs and developing fixes across large codebases.
Gemini 4 Carbon also takes the top spot on Artificial Analysis' updated Intelligence Index, scoring 59 points, pushing out Claude Opus 5.5, OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, and even its own predecessor Gemini 4 Argon.
Apple has just introduced a redesigned MacBook Pro with a few bells and whistles. The focus this time around is on a thinner and lighter build, and an upgrade to a touch-sensitive OLED screen without any ugly notch. And, in case you were wondering, there is definitely a price premium to pay for these niceties, which also include a glowing Apple logo at the back. What if you wanted to get the best that Apple has to offer? Well, the numbers are finally here.
For a mere $14,549, you can get yourself the fully kitted 16-inch MacBook Pro PROLED XDR with the beefiest laptop chip that Apple has to offer, and the best memory configuration in tow. For nearly $15,000, you treat yourself to the 16-inch version of the laptop with a nano-texture glass layer on the screen to reduce reflections and glare.
Apple has unveiled its first-ever touchscreen MacBook Pro. The company seems a bit confused about the naming, calling it the "MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display," which is tough to remember. If you look past that and review the full spec sheets, you might ask a genuine question: what are the differences between the touchscreen and non-touchscreen versions?
Given that Apple continues to sell both variants together, that's a genuine question. Luckily, you don't have to spend more time lining up the spec sheets side by side and hunting for differences hidden in the fine print. I took that bullet for you. Here's everything that's different between the PROLED XDR Display and the regular MacBook Pro.