Meta rolls out live translations to all Ray-Ban smart glasses users
- Meta has rolled out live translations to all Ray-Ban smart glasses users, allowing for real-time conversations in multiple languages.
- The feature can be used without Wi-Fi or cellular network access, making it convenient for travel abroad.
- New color lens combinations are now available for the Ray-Ban Meta Skyler frame style, including shiny chalky gray and shiny black options.
- Other features, such as live AI and music app integration, are coming soon to general availability in various markets, including the US, Canada, EU, Mexico, India, and the UAE.
Meta announced new color lens combinations for its Ray-Ban smart glasses as well as wider availability for some features that were previously only accessible to members of Meta’s Early Access Program. These include live translation, the ability to send messages and make calls through Instagram, and conversations with Meta AI based on what you’re currently looking at.
Live translation was first teased at Meta Connect 2024 last October, and saw a limited rollout through Meta’s Early Access Program in select countries last December. Starting today it’s getting a wider rollout to all the markets where the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are available. You can hold a conversation with someone who speaks English, French, Italian, or Spanish, and hear a real-time translation through the smart glasses in your preferred language.
If you download a language pack in advance, you can use the live translations feature without Wi-Fi or access to a cellular network, making it more convenient to use while traveling abroad.
Also available today are new color lens combinations for the Ray-Ban Meta Skyler frame style. They can now be purchased in shiny chalky gray with sapphire Transitions lenses, while shiny black can now be paired with clear or green tinted lenses.
Meta also highlighted a few other features that are still enroute or getting an expanded release. Live AI, which allows the Meta AI smart assistant to continuously see what you do for more natural conversations is now “coming soon to general availability in the US and Canada.” The ability to “send and receive direct messages, photos, audio calls, and video calls from Instagram on your glasses,” similar to functionality already available through WhatsApp, Messenger, and iOS and Android’s native messaging apps, is coming soon as well.
Access to music apps like Spotify, Amazon Music, Shazam, and Apple Music is starting to expand beyond the US and Canada, Meta says. However, asking Meta AI to play music, or for more information about what you’re listening to, will still only be available to those with their “default language is set to English.”
Meta AI, which was already made available in the UK earlier this month, will be accessible in “all our supported countries in the EU” starting next week, the company says. Meta also plans to launch its Ray-Ban smart glasses in Mexico, India, and the United Arab Emirates soon, but an exact timeline hasn’t been announced.