July 10, 2026, 3:47 pm | Read time: 3 minutes
According to a report, Meta is working on a new AI feature for its smart glasses. It aims to capture significantly more information from daily life than previous models. While this could allow users to later access experiences and observations, the project also raises new questions about data protection and transparency. The feature has not yet been officially announced.
Feature to Permanently Capture Daily Life
According to the Financial Times, the project is internally named “Super Sensing.” The report states that the feature is already in a prototype. Unlike before, the glasses will not only capture images or videos when users consciously trigger it. Instead, they will continuously record sound and take photos at regular intervals.
The AI is then supposed to evaluate this information. Users could later specifically ask what they saw or heard. The glasses would then derive the relevant information from the captured data.
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For smart glasses owners, the feature could be helpful in everyday life. For example, it could answer questions like “Where did I put my keys?” or “What product was just on the shelf?”
However, the capture would not be limited to the wearer. People in the vicinity, conversations, or private situations could also be included in the recorded information if they are within the glasses’ field of view.
Allegedly, there has already been internal discussion about not activating the LED indicator in the new mode. People nearby would then hardly be able to tell if the glasses are currently collecting information that could later be retrieved or evaluated.
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Such continuous capture could become legally and politically problematic, especially in Europe, but also in the U.S. According to the report, Meta is therefore considering not storing every recording permanently as a raw file.
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Instead, the company is considering extracting only metadata from image and sound recordings. This would be technically less extensive than storing complete recordings. Nevertheless, such data could also contain personal information, including conversation content, locations, people, or habits.
An even more sensitive point has been discussed internally. According to the Financial Times, Meta is also considering using the collected information to train its own AI models.
No Official Announcement Yet
Whether “Super Sensing” will actually be released is currently uncertain. A new pair of glasses might not be necessary for this. Instead, Meta could bring the feature to the current Ray-Ban generation or the recently introduced Meta Glasses via a software update.
These models currently rely on their control light for transparency in recordings. According to the Financial Times, Meta itself did not want to comment on the internal developments.