RayBan Stories Owners Can Now Send Messages Through Facebook Messenger

Ray-Ban Stories Owners Can Now Send Messages Through Facebook Messenger

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The Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses now also let users control music playback and volume levels via voice commands, in addition to capacitive controls.

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RayBan Stories Owners Can Now Send Messages Through Facebook Messenger

The Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses by Facebook are now capable of sending and receiving messages sent over the company’s Facebook Messenger platform, with more new capabilities also in the pipeline. The first smart glasses by the company are mostly targeted at capturing memories in the form of photos and videos, thanks to a pair of 5-megapixel cameras. Of course, that also means the wearable can very well be used for stalking or covertly recording other people without their explicit permission. And unsurprisingly, ever since their launch, numerous alarms have been raised highlighting their potential for privacy intrusion.

The smart glasses do come equipped with a hardware button to instantly turn off the camera and mic, but that’s entirely in the hands of the person wearing them. However, for folks who are unaware that they are being recorded by a total stranger, there’s only a tiny white LED to alert them about it. Now, white is not the most conspicuous color under broad daylight, and it has already raised some concerns regarding Facebook’s choice of color here. But as the debate around their misuse rages, a neat feature has been added to their portfolio.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced via an official Facebook post that the Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses can now read messages received on Facebook Messenger. Moreover, users will also be able to send over a message using the onboard AI. that will respond to voice commands. The new Messenger features build upon the calling facility, which is again routed via Messenger. In August this year, Meta finally brought end-to-end encrypted calls to its Messenger platform. However, users need to start a private chat in order to have encrypted conversations, as regular chats and calls are not protected by this layer of security. WhatsApp, which is also owned by Meta, enables end-to-end encryption by default for all conversations.

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Fruits Of A Vast Ecosystem

In addition to reading and sending messages over Facebook Messenger, the Ray-Ban smart glasses are also gaining another useful new feature: music playback control via voice. The latest software update, which is now rolling out, will allow the person wearing Facebook’s smart glasses to pause or resume playback, and control the volume level as well. The smart glasses already come with a capacitive touchpad for controlling aspects such as calling and music playback via taps and swipe gestures. For audio output, the company has armed the smart glasses with a pair of micro-speakers and a triple-mic array as well. The likes of Amazon, Snap, and Razer are already in the game, but Facebook has a rich ecosystem ripe for feature diversification that gives it a huge upper hand.

In his Facebook post, Zuckerberg also made it clear that the company has more new capabilities planned for its smart glasses in the foreseeable future. At the moment, the companion app called Facebook View (on Android and iOS) lets users quickly import the photos and videos captured by the Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses, alongside some basic editing tools. The share functionality allows users to post the content across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, as well as third-party apps like Twitter, TikTok, and Snapchat among others. However, the Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses are more like a stepping stone for the more advanced metaverse-ready AR and VR hardware that the company is working on. The company recently teased one such hardware that is currently in development under the codename Project Cambria and is slated to debut next year.

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