Legato emerged from stealth with $12 million in funding for its AI-powered hearing glasses, the Legato Frames, which target mild to moderate hearing loss and are set to launch in the U.S. later this f…
Legato emerged from stealth with $12 million in funding to launch Legato Frames, hearing glasses that use AI to separate speech from background noise, with the product expected to launch this fall thr…
Legato, a hearing-tech startup founded by Bose veterans Mehul Trivedi and Steve Romine, emerged from stealth with $12 million in funding to launch Legato Frames, glasses that function as over-the-coun…
Legato, a hearing tech startup founded by Mehul Trivedi and Steve Romine, emerged from stealth on Wednesday with $12 million in funding and unveiled its AI hearing glasses, Legato Frames, which integr…
Meta Platforms Inc.'s Ray-Ban smart glasses, made with EssilorLuxottica, have drawn backlash for enabling users to photograph and record people without permission, raising privacy, security, and ethic…
Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses sold over 7 million pairs in 2025, capturing more than 80% of the global smart glasses market, according to EssilorLuxottica, which reported smart glasses revenue nearly d…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has barred its workforce from using Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses on duty, citing a long-standing policy that prohibits personal recording devices to ensure…
Meta Platforms Technologies, the entity holding Meta's R&D and hardware intellectual property, published a patent for a camera system that uses facial recognition to identify people and log their acti…
Meta's AI-powered smart glasses have been banned from courthouses across England and Wales by His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS), prompting employment lawyers to warn businesses about …
Meta is donating 15,000 Ray-Ban Meta glasses to Vision Ireland, Ireland's national sight loss charity, enough for every blind and visually impaired adult the charity supports. The glasses, built with …
German digital-rights group HateAid filed a criminal complaint against Meta, EssilorLuxottica, and retailers Fielmann, Apollo-Optik, Mister Spex, and MediaMarkt, alleging that Meta's AI smart glasses …
EssilorLuxottica reported on February 11 that it sold more than 7 million AI glasses in 2025 across its Meta-partnered portfolio, including Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta. The figure marks a sharp scale…
EssilorLuxottica reported that revenue from its smart glasses nearly doubled in the second quarter compared to the same period last year, despite growing privacy concerns and backlash, particularly ag…
Apple plans to unveil its first AI smart glasses at WWDC in June 2027, joining Samsung in challenging Meta's 85.2% market share in the global AI smart glasses market, according to industry sources. Sa…
EssilorLuxottica reported a 15% surge in first-half adjusted operating profit to €2.75 billion, beating the €2.46 billion consensus, as AI-powered smart glasses and myopia management products fueled r…
Instagram is removing videos recorded using Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses that secretly film people in public, after the devices earned the nickname 'pervert glasses' online. Instagram head Adam Mosser…
Meta Platforms is expected to spotlight its smart glasses business during its Q2 2026 earnings call on July 29, as sales of Ray-Ban Meta glasses more than tripled in 2025 to surpass 7 million units, u…
Apple is targeting a June 2027 unveiling of AI-powered smart glasses at its developer conference, with a consumer launch expected by the holiday season, according to Bloomberg. The device, developed f…
Apple is targeting a WWDC 2027 debut for its smart glasses, codenamed Project Atlas, with a late-2027 market launch, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The glasses will feature onboard cameras, mic…
South Korea's three mobile carriers launched the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses on Wednesday, bringing the world's best-selling AI eyewear to the domestic market with Korean-language support. Developed by…