--- title: Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart... description: Meta is planning to add facial recognition capabilities to its Ray-Ban smart glasses as early as this year. The feature, called "Name Tag," would enable... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-plans-to-add-facial-recognition-to-its-smart-glasses-report-claims-kkb6thzqo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, report claims | daily.dev og:description: Meta is planning to add facial recognition capabilities to its Ray-Ban smart glasses as early as this year. The feature, called "Name Tag," would enable... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-plans-to-add-facial-recognition-to-its-smart-glasses-report-claims-kkb6thzqo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KKb6thZqO.png og:image:alt: Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, report claims og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, report claims **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Meta is planning to add facial recognition capabilities to its Ray-Ban smart glasses as early as this year. The feature, called "Name Tag," would enable wearers to identify people and retrieve information about them through Meta's AI assistant. The company has been deliberating since early 2024 on how to release this feature given significant safety and privacy concerns. Internal documents suggest Meta viewed the current political climate as favorable for launch, with civil society groups focused elsewhere. Meta previously considered this technology in 2021 but abandoned it due to technical and ethical challenges. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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