Meta AI glasses adds 'conversation focus' feature

Glasses wearers can now amplify the voice of someone they're trying to hear.
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Rebecca Ruiz
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A pair of Meta AI glasses in a retail store.
New software for Meta AI glasses could help in noisy settings. Credit: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Meta AI glasses are getting a software update designed to help wearers hear the person they're talking to in noisy environments.

The "conversation focus" feature, which Meta announced on Wednesday, amplifies the sound of another person's voice when there's competing noises, such as chatter in a restaurant or the auditory chaos of a public transit commute.

The amplified voice will be slightly louder, and wearers can adjust the level through the glasses' device settings or by swiping the right temple of the glasses.


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The software update is first available to those enrolled in the product's Early Access Program in the United States and Canada.

Last year, Meta partnered with the accessibility service provider Be My Eyes to give glasses wearers who are blind or low vision access to live support.

Rebecca Ruiz
Rebecca Ruiz
Senior Reporter

Rebecca Ruiz is a Senior Reporter at Mashable. She frequently covers mental health, digital culture, and technology. Her areas of expertise include suicide prevention, screen use and mental health, parenting, youth well-being, and meditation and mindfulness. Rebecca's experience prior to Mashable includes working as a staff writer, reporter, and editor at NBC News Digital and as a staff writer at Forbes. Rebecca has a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and a masters degree from U.C. Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.

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