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Friday 16 October 2026

Meta admits its glasses recorded without 'Hey Meta'

Meta says a bug that saved Ray-Ban Meta conversations without a wake word is fixed. It won't say what caused it, or what happened to the audio.

Quin Halberg Friday 16 October 2026, open calendar6 min read

Photo: ItzANormalFioko / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0), cropped

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Meta's smart glasses were saving people's conversations when nobody had said "Hey Meta". Now the company says it's fixed, and that's about all it'll say.

Black Ray Ban Meta Wayfarer smart glasses with polarised lenses and a small camera in the frame corner — Photo: ItzANormalFioko / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0), cropped

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Quin Halberg Friday 16 October 2026 at 10:04 pm Adelaide, open calendar6 min read

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