Meta ditches the camera on its newest smart glasses

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="The Ray-Ban Meta Audio Glasses have no cameras. | Photo by Brett Putman / The Verge" data-portal-copyright="Photo by Brett Putman / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/20260922_C0744.00_54_59_23.Still025-1.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> The Ray-Ban Meta Audio Glasses have no cameras. | Photo by Brett Putman / The Verge </figcaption> </figure> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">Walking around Meta Connect 2026, everyone's sporting smart glasses in all sorts of shapes, colors, and sizes. It's a marked difference here, a tech bubble where "pervert glasses" are not a concern.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Outside Connect, the public backlash against wearable surveillance tech - a catchall term that encompasses not just smart glasses, but also smartwatches and AI pendants - is gaining steam. So it's incredibly curious timing that this year, the company is launching Ray-Ban Meta Audio Glasses: smart glasses infused with Meta AI, but with no camera for recording others.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">To hear Meta tell it, that's a coincidence. Audio-only glasses have been years …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/999281/ray-ban-meta-audio-glasses-meta-connect-2026">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>