Meta Pinky Promises Its Smart Glasses Will Be Private Soon
For its smart glasses, Private Processing could theoretically enable chat interactions wearers have with Meta’s AI assistant through its smart glasses and commands, including private transcriptions and messages. However, the company has not yet said specifically which features it will support.Meta introduced Private Processing into WhatsApp and its Meta AI app last year. The service helped enable WhatsApp’s Incognito Chat.
- ▪For its smart glasses, Private Processing could theoretically enable chat interactions wearers have with Meta’s AI assistant through its smart glasses and commands, including private transcriptions and messages.
- ▪However, the company has not yet said specifically which features it will support.Meta introduced Private Processing into WhatsApp and its Meta AI app last year.
- ▪The service helped enable WhatsApp’s Incognito Chat.
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- ▪ Meta ditches the camera on its newest smart glasses — The Verge
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Boone AshworthLily Hay NewmanGearSep 23, 2026 7:30 PMMeta Pinky Promises Its Smart Glasses Will Be Private SoonThe company is bringing its Private Processing encryption service to its much-maligned smart glasses.Photograph: Andrej Sokolow/Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyMeta knows you probably have some privacy concerns about its smart glasses.At its annual Meta Connect event today in Menlo Park, California, the company announced plans to incorporate its siloed AI processing scheme known as Private Processing into its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.
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