Meta introduces camera-free AI glasses

Meta 推出无摄像头 AI 眼镜

Confirming earlier reports, Meta announced its first pair of camera-free AI glasses, the clunkily named Ray-Ban Meta Audio, at its Connect 2026 conference on Wednesday. Designed to combat criticism around the more malicious use cases for AI glasses, which saw them nicknamed “pervert glasses” by some, the new devices will be audio-only, offering the ability to listen to music and podcasts, take calls, translate speech, and communicate with Meta’s AI assistant, Muse. The glasses are designed by Meta’s partner in its AI hardware efforts, EssilorLuxottica, and will start at $349.

正如早先的报道所证实，Meta 在周三的 Connect 2026 大会上发布了其首款无摄像头 AI 眼镜，命名为略显拗口的 Ray-Ban Meta Audio。为了应对外界对 AI 眼镜恶意用途的批评（曾被一些人戏称为“变态眼镜”），这款新设备仅具备音频功能，支持听音乐和播客、接听电话、语音翻译以及与 Meta 的 AI 助手 Muse 进行交流。该眼镜由 Meta 的 AI 硬件合作伙伴依视路陆逊梯卡（EssilorLuxottica）设计，起售价为 349 美元。

While Meta today offers a range of AI glasses in a variety of styles, colors, and capabilities, the audio-only glasses could help the brand recover from some of the reputational damage after critics pointed out how people, often men, were using AI glasses to record videos without subjects’ consent. Meta attempted to mitigate this issue with an update that would disable the camera if the LED light that indicated the glasses were recording was ever tampered with. However, the creepiness factor remained. This latest device could prove to be more popular for that reason, while also providing an answer to something like Apple’s Siri-powered AirPods.

尽管 Meta 目前提供多种款式、颜色和功能的 AI 眼镜，但这款纯音频眼镜或许能帮助品牌挽回部分声誉。此前，批评人士指出，一些人（通常是男性）利用 AI 眼镜在未经他人同意的情况下进行录像。Meta 曾试图通过更新来缓解这一问题，即如果录制指示灯被篡改，摄像头将自动禁用，但“令人毛骨悚然”的负面印象依然存在。正因如此，这款新设备可能会更受欢迎，同时也为苹果 Siri 驱动的 AirPods 等产品提供了竞争对手。

“Once you get used to high quality audio, it’s just a thing that you want all the time, right?” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during a keynote Wednesday, adding that the company after working on the idea realized it could design a whole new category of glasses around audio glasses.

Meta 首席执行官马克·扎克伯格在周三的主题演讲中表示：“一旦你习惯了高质量的音频，你就会一直想要它，对吧？”他补充说，公司在研究这一想法后意识到，可以围绕音频眼镜设计出一个全新的眼镜类别。

Because they don’t have to house cameras, the glasses are slimmer than Meta’s other models and weigh only 43 grams. They also have adjustable temple tips, swappable nose pads, overextension hinges, and battery life of up to 12 hours on a single charge, Meta claims. With the included charging case, that battery life extends to up to 48 hours. They’ll also come in a variety of colors and options — 23 color and lens combinations in total — and in two new styles, a retro-inspired “Clubmaster” Ray-Ban style and “Burbank,” described as more of a “classic, timeless, rectangle shape.” Like other Meta glasses, you can order them with your optical prescription as well, if needed. The glasses will be available for preorder on October 13, the company noted.

由于无需容纳摄像头，这款眼镜比 Meta 的其他型号更轻薄，重量仅为 43 克。Meta 声称，它们还配备了可调节镜腿、可更换鼻托、外扩铰链，单次充电续航时间长达 12 小时。配合附带的充电盒，续航时间可延长至 48 小时。它们还将提供多种颜色和选项（总计 23 种颜色和镜片组合），以及两种新风格：复古风格的“Clubmaster”和被描述为“经典、永恒、矩形形状”的“Burbank”。与其他 Meta 眼镜一样，如有需要，你也可以定制光学镜片。该公司指出，这款眼镜将于 10 月 13 日开启预订。

Alongside the glasses, Meta announced its next-generation AI glasses (the ones with cameras), the Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3). In addition to the Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer, there will also be two new styles, the Aviator and Zena — the latter offering more of a cat-eye frame shape. These will have a 12 MP camera that supports 3K Ultra HD video, a six-mic array, and up to nine hours of battery life. The glasses Meta launched with EssilorLuxottica will also see an expanded lineup of styles and colors as well as a new partnership with singer Lisa, which follows the company’s earlier brand partnership with Kylie Jenner. The glasses will also be roll out to more countries globally, Meta said.

除了这款眼镜，Meta 还发布了其下一代带摄像头的 AI 眼镜——Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3)。除了 Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer 外，还将推出 Aviator 和 Zena 两种新风格，后者提供更具猫眼形状的镜框。这些眼镜配备了支持 3K 超高清视频的 1200 万像素摄像头、六麦克风阵列，续航时间长达 9 小时。Meta 与依视路陆逊梯卡合作推出的眼镜系列也将增加更多款式和颜色，并宣布与歌手 Lisa 建立新的合作伙伴关系，此前该公司曾与凯莉·詹娜（Kylie Jenner）进行过品牌合作。Meta 表示，这些眼镜也将在全球更多国家推出。

All of Meta’s AI glasses will, of course, feature access to its newer personal AI assistant, Muse. The company also teased other coming updates, including support for Dolby Atmos Capture, a feature that picks the best photo from multiple frames, an option to choose landscape or portrait modes, hearing enhancements for those with hearing loss, more detailed responses, different audio modes, customizable controls, and something called “private processing” that Meta claims will prevent the company from seeing your data.

当然，Meta 的所有 AI 眼镜都将支持其较新的个人 AI 助手 Muse。该公司还预告了其他即将推出的更新，包括支持杜比全景声（Dolby Atmos）录制、从多帧中自动挑选最佳照片的功能、横屏或竖屏模式选择、针对听力受损者的听力增强功能、更详细的回复、不同的音频模式、可自定义的控件，以及一种名为“私密处理”（private processing）的功能，Meta 声称该功能将防止公司查看用户数据。