Meta's smart glasses had a recording light for your safety.
For months, covering it after you hit record kept it filming anyway.
Meta is patching its AI smart glasses so the camera stops working if the visible recording light is covered mid-recording, after users found they could start filming, then cover the light, and keep going unnoticed.
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VERIFIED
2nd fix
confirmed by Meta VP Alex Himel and corroborated across five independent outlets; the glasses already blocked starting a recording with the light covered, but never re-checked the light once recording began.
The twist
this is Meta's second privacy fix for the same glasses in under two months, July 2026 covered physical tampering with the LED, and a $60 third-party mod to disable the light entirely has been public since October 2025, on hardware that has sold more than 7 million units.
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Receipts
- Supports 9to5google.com:
The camera will now stop working if the light is covered during a recording.
- Context 404media.co:
Meta has designed the glasses to not work if someone covers up the LED with tape.
- Context androidauthority.com:
an update closing this loophole is currently rolling out to devices
- Context makeuseof.com:
the abundance of online tutorials and third-party accessories designed specifically to obscure the light
- Context thenextweb.com:
the people being filmed have little recourse
- Context makeuseof.com:
More than seven million pairs of Ray-Ban Meta glasses were reportedly sold in 2025
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