FT: Meta is testing an always-on 'super sensing' mode for its next Ray-Bans, and Zuckerberg reportedly questioned whether the capture LED could stay off while it runs

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Meta is testing an always-on 'super sensing' mode for next-generation Ray-Ban glasses that could keep cameras and sensors active for hours, and Mark Zuckerberg has questioned whether the recording LED should stay off, raising significant privacy concerns.

The Financial Times is reporting that Meta is testing a mode for its next-generation Ray-Ban glasses where Live AI runs in the background for hours, up from roughly 30 minutes on the current device. Cameras and sensors stay active continuously so the assistant can do things like remind you to grab your keys on the way out. Internally the feature set is called "super sensing", and it is being built into two devices codenamed Aperol (a sunglasses design) and Bellini (prescription), aimed at late 2026 or early 2027. The spec bump is not the story. The story is that Mark Zuckerberg reportedly questioned whether the small white LED that lights up whenever the glasses capture could stay off during the always-on mode, and Meta is said to be weighing it. That LED is the only notice anyone standing near a wearer gets. Every social norm and most written policies about camera glasses lean on it. Where this bites in practice: workplace and event camera policies mostly assume "recording light on means recording". If always-on capture ships with no visible indicator, those policies stop describing reality. For anyone here who owns a device or meeting-room policy, are smart glasses already covered in yours, and how? Our coverage: https://aiweekly.co/alerts/meta-tests-always-on-super-sensing-mode-for-next-ray-bans
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