Ray-Ban Display Meta’s flagship smart wearable glasses – not to be confused with the display overlay and seemingly more popular camera-only models – are getting a fairly significant update.
After months of limited-access beta status within Messenger and WhatsApp, Neural Handwriting is finally available to everyone. It works on both iOS and Android and for searching contacts and sending and replying to messages on Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and your phone’s message notifications. Naturally, you’ll have to wear the Neural Band accessory that comes in the box with the $800 glasses. Using its advanced sEMG technology, the band can identify “writing” a given letter when moving your fingers across any surface (a desk, your palm, your feet). clean.
But this is a part of Meta Update 125, in which display recording feature has also been added. It captures the in-display image, camera POV, and surround audio all inside a single video file. Maps has been expanded with better results, walking directions that now cover the entire US and major international cities like London, Paris and Rome, saved home/work locations, and voice navigation. WhatsApp now supports group video calls and phone call captions. Instagram has improved Reels and DM navigation, and Facebook has widgets for birthdays and sports.
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However, perhaps the most interesting thing, which flew under the radar for many, is that Meta has officially opened up the Ray-Ban display to third-party developers. You can either use the Device Access Toolkit SDK available for iOS and Android to add targeted interfaces to an existing native mobile app or develop a dedicated new app, or alternatively, you can develop a webapp that, with enough work, can look and behave as well on glasses as well. People have already figured out how to play YouTube videos on the glasses, and early community apps show some interesting use cases with things like aviation tools, grocery lists, transit navigation, and of course games.