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Meta is update its Ray - Ban smart glasses with unexampled hired hand - loose functionality , the companyannouncedon Wednesday . Most notably , user can now share an image from their impertinent glasses like a shot to their Instagram Story without needing to take out their phone .
After you take a photo with the voguish spyglass , you could say , “ Hey Meta , apportion my last exposure to Instagram . ” Or you could say , “ Hey Meta , place a picture to Instagram ” to take a newfangled photograph in the minute .
The launch of the new feature is reminiscent of theSnap Spectacles , which debut in 2016 and allowed users to catch photos and video recording with their smart glass to divvy up them directly to their Snapchat Stories .
Meta ’s Ray - Ban smart glasses are also pay back hand - free integrating with Amazon Music and speculation app Calm .
Users can now stream medicine from Amazon Music without having to take out their earpiece by saying “ Hey Meta , wreak Amazon Music . ” you could also manipulate your audio playback with speck or voice controls while your phone stays in your pocket .
To get at the new hands - loose Calm integration , users can say “ Hey Meta , play the Daily Calm ” to have heedfulness exercises and self - care capacity accessible straight through their smart deoxyephedrine .
In addition , Meta is expanding the number of styles usable in 15 countries , including the U.S. , Canada , Australia and parts Europe . The expansion includes the style Skyler in Shiny Chalky Gray with Gradient Cinnamon Pink Lenses ; Skyler in Shiny Black with Transitions Cerulean Blue Lenses ; and Headliner Low Bridge Fit in Shiny Black with Polar G15 Lenses . The drinking glass are available on bothMeta’sandRay - Ban’swebsites .
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The launch of the new characteristic fall a month after the smart glassesgot an AI ascent . Meta flap out multimodal AI to the saucy looking glass to enable users to involve questions about what they see . For instance , if you ’re envision a menu in French , the smart glasses could use their built - in camera and Meta AI to translate the text for you .
The estimate behind the launching is to allow the smart glasses to act as a personal AI supporter outside of your smartphone , in a way that ’s interchangeable to Humane’sAi pin .
