Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, report claims
February 18, 2026
•TechCrunch_AI•Moderate impact[key points]
Key points
- •Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses as soon as this year.
- •The feature, internally known as “Name Tag,” would allow smart glasses wearers to identify people and get information about them through Meta’s AI assistant.
- •Meta considered adding facial recognition technology to the first version of its Ray-Ban smart glasses back in 2021, but dropped the plans over technical challenges and ethical concerns.
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