Meta plans camera-free smart glasses for fall launch, The Information reports re

Meta will launch cheaper smart glasses without a camera at Connect, The Information reports, as the backlash to the form factor grows.

Meta has been steadfast in its push for gadgets that put microphones and cameras in people’s homes and on their faces, while battling fears that the devices could be used for

Meta is launching two new prescription-focused smart glasses this week, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports:

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At its Meta Connect event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a handful of new smart glasses, including a slimmed-down VR headset and the company’s first camera-free glasses.

🔊 Meta is ditching the camera on its new smart glasses to ease privacy fears. ‘While you cannot record video footage with them, you can still very much record audio,’ Aditya Soni

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