Hajra Naz
Meta has steadily expanded what its AI glasses can do over recent months. Now, the latest v28 update adds several genuinely practical upgrades. That includes pedestrian navigation. It includes Spatial Audio. It also includes broader language support. Together, these updates make the Ray-Ban Meta glasses noticeably more useful on the go.
The headline addition here is clearly pedestrian navigation. This brings one of the pricier Ray-Ban Display’s best features to cheaper, displayless glasses. Users no longer need the $799 Display model to access walking directions. Instead, they ask for the glasses through voice command. For example, someone might say, “Hey Meta, navigate to Times Square.” The turn-by-turn directions come through the open-ear speakers directly.
Still, this feature carries some sensible limits worth noting. On-glasses navigation currently works only for nearby walking destinations. If a destination sits farther away, the glasses respond differently. In that case, they push driving directions to your connected phone instead. Additionally, reports indicate the glasses still rely on that paired phone in general. Simple requests run directly on the glasses. Meanwhile, actual route plotting happens through the Meta AI app.
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There’s also a new way to start navigation. Users can find a destination inside their preferred mapping app first. From there, they tap “Share” and select Meta AI from the sharing options. Navigation then begins automatically on the connected glasses. Previously, users couldn’t start navigation directly from the glasses at all.
This update also expands where walking directions actually function. Coverage now includes the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada. It also extends to select cities across the broader world. Still, Meta officially labels this pedestrian navigation feature as beta for now.
Audio also receives a meaningful upgrade in this release. Spatial Audio creates a more immersive version of standard stereo sound. It uses AI to add a genuine sense of three-dimensional space. This setting lives under Settings, then Audio, then Spatial. It works specifically with Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 Optics and the broader Meta Glasses collection.
Meta is expanding language support too, adding Mandarin Chinese to the mix. Finally, this update strengthens anti-tampering protections around the camera’s capture light. The glasses now automatically disable the camera if that privacy light gets blocked. This directly addresses longstanding privacy concerns around the device.
