{"id":213109,"date":"2026-02-13T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/meta-to-add-facial-recognition-technology-to-ray-ban-smart-glasses\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T12:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:25:07","slug":"meta-to-add-facial-recognition-technology-to-ray-ban-smart-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/meta-to-add-facial-recognition-technology-to-ray-ban-smart-glasses\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Ray-Ban Smart Glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meta to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Ray-Ban Smart Glasses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-02-13 12:18:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Meta is reportedly working on a new facial recognition feature for the Ray-Ban smart glasses that come with a built-in camera. The New York Times is reporting that facial recognition, which is code-named \u201cName Tag\u201d internally, may ship as soon as this year.<\/p>\n

The feature will allow owners of Meta\u2019s smart glasses to \u201cidentify people and get information about them via Meta\u2019s artificial intelligence assistant,\u201d the report said. Two sources told the publication that the facial recognition technology may be able to recognizing people in a user\u2019s social graph on a Meta platform, as well as people outside of their social graph who have a public account on these same platforms. \u201cThe feature would not give people the ability to look up anyone they encountered as a universal facial recognition tool,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n

Meta previously explored how to implement facial recognition technology before launching the first-gen Ray-Ban Stories back in 2021. At the time, however, the company was still evaluating the legal and privacy risks around the tech, and it also retired its face recognition system on Facebook that same year.<\/p>\n

Well, fast forward to 2026, Meta apparently believes that facial recognition on smart glasses can have its uses despite real privacy concerns. The New York Times saw an internal memo from Meta\u2019s Reality Labs suggesting that the current political turmoil in the US may be a good opportunity to launch a feature that will likely be scrutinized by privacy advocates. \u201cWe will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,\u201d the document said.<\/p>\n

The current Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta smart glasses come with an LED privacy light near the camera that lets other people know when users are taking a photo or capturing video. The camera also won\u2019t work when that LED has been covered up. But according to the New…<\/p>\n

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