A software flaw in Ray‑Ban Meta smart glasses caused them to capture audio without the wearer’s knowledge, even when the activation phrase “Hey, Meta” was not spoken. Meta has confirmed the issue has been resolved.
Earlier this week, several owners posted about the problem on social media. One Reddit user, who posted under the name Kindly‑Audience‑137, reported that three of their Ray‑Ban Meta glasses recorded conversations despite having the “Respond without Hey Meta” option disabled. The user explained that the Meta AI app stored both the audio recordings and text transcripts in their conversation history.
The Redditor wrote, “I believe this deserves a serious technical investigation. Customers should not have to wonder whether their private conversations are being captured when they have not intentionally activated their glasses’ AI assistant.”