2026-02-14
If smart glasses could privately help someone with dementia or an acquired brain injury recognise a person, would that justify built-in facial recognition? Or is the privacy risk simply too high? There's a real accessibility vs surveillance debate here. https://www.macrumors.com/...
New York Times
Memo: Meta considered adding facial recognition to its smart glasses during a “dynamic political environment” in the US when civil society groups are distracted
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature's release.
2026-02-13
If smart glasses could privately help someone with dementia or an acquired brain injury recognise a person, would that justify built-in facial recognition? Or is the privacy risk simply too high? There's a real accessibility vs surveillance debate here. https://www.macrumors.com/...
New York Times
Memo: Meta considered adding facial recognition to its smart glasses during a “dynamic political environment” in the US when civil society groups are distracted
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature's release.
2024-11-15
Google's dedicated Gemini app for iOS has just released. It supports iOS larger text input. ChatGPT app doesn't. @OpenAI @sama you can do better in making ChatGPT accessible. I'm a ChatGPT Plus subscriber and questioning continuing subscribing given Gemini is more accessible [image]
The Verge
Google releases a free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions, chat via text, voice, or their camera, and use the conversational mode Gemini Live
Your AI assistant from Google — iPhone Screenshots Kenrick Cai / Reuters : Google brings AI voice assistant Gemini Live to iPhone The Mirror : Google's Gemini AI gets dedicated a...
2024-06-16
Thrilled to see Apple introduce Vocal Shortcuts in iOS 18, an accessibility feature enabling custom voice commands for people with atypical speech to control their iPhones. Proud to have lobbied Apple to do more for people with atypical speech last year https://9to5mac.com/...
MacRumors
Apple added a Vocal Shortcuts accessibility feature in iOS 18 that lets users give Siri a new wake word, such as “hello, computer”
Apple in iOS 18 added a Vocal Shortcuts accessibility feature, and now that iOS 18 is available in a beta capacity, users have figured …
2023-02-17
Meta say soon they'll be rolling out hands-free calling and texting using your phone number on Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses, as well as the ability to hear a readout of incoming text messages. This builds on WhatsApp and Messenger integration last year https://tech.facebook.com/...
Lowpass
A patent and a job listing suggest Meta is working on an advanced smart glasses assistant; docs show staff have tested a proactive assistant on Ray-Ban Stories
Janko Roettgers / Lowpass :