Fb provides name and messaging capabilities to Ray-Ban Tales smartglasses

Fb made its “sensible” glasses lastly do one thing just a little sensible.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced in a Fb publish on Wednesday that the Ray-Ban Tales glasses it debuted final yr would get their first substantial software program replace. Rolling out instantly are the skills to make cellphone calls, in addition to ship and listen to messages learn out loud by way of WhatsApp. Zuck promised one other replace would “quickly” deliver voice-activated message replies to each Messenger and WhatsApp by way of Ray-Ban Tales. 

That is vital as a result of the glasses as they existed at launch final yr weren’t actually “smartglasses” in any sense of the phrase. They may take pictures and movies utilizing onboard cameras, in addition to play podcasts or music with actually crappy audio system that sat above the ear fairly than inside it (so anybody inside six ft of you could possibly hear it). Aside from that, although, they had been just about simply Ray-Bans that value $300.

Does this latest replace do extra to justify a purchase order? I dunno. That’s as much as you. In case you select to go down that street, simply be ready for individuals to take a look at you such as you’re some type of mega-creep since you’re pointing sun shades with cameras mounted to them of their route.