Meta is said to be working on smart glasses that are constantly taking pictures

Meta could be the next wearable AI company. The company is working on developing smart glasses that can always record audio and take pictures “in seconds”. according to Financial Times. The wearer can ask the Meta AI about recorded words and pictures.

However, images and audio are not directly accessible to the user. This is how it is FT describes one way that glasses can use data:

In one proposed system, recordings and audio cannot be stored by Meta or shared with the user, several people said. Instead, metadata from the audio and images can be extracted and uploaded to a server for Meta’s AI to query, which critics argue would be less sensitive to privacy.

But for now, Meta plans to keep the LED sensor off in “Super Sensing” mode FT reports. In July 2025 whitepaper, the company he said that it would keep the LED indicator for “quick capture” when the user is saving photos or videos, and leave it for the use of “AI Feature” – such as menu scanning – to prevent users from getting too used to the icon. (If the indicator was turned on during “super sensing”, it would also be difficult to tell when the lenses are recording video.)

Meta is also debating whether to use the footage to train its AI models. It can also bring back the “super sensing” feature to the lenses it has already released, and FT he says.

“While we have not commented on the interior design, we are committed to improving our glasses because they need to be loved by the people who wear them and those around them,” Meta spokesman Dave Arnold said in a statement. Seaside. Arnold also said that “Our approach has been to create new technologies that will help people throughout the day, to have privacy from the ground up.”

Meta did not shy away from some type of glasses that are always available. CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in the company’s Q1 2026 call, said this he was “I’m very excited to see the glasses evolve from being able to answer questions to being a support person who stays with you throughout the day, helping you remember things and achieve your goals.” In the March blog post about the new Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses, the company wrote that “with continuous software updates, Meta AI on glasses will change from something you have to ask a question at any time, to a continuous assistant, who can help throughout the day.”