{
  "id": 9582887,
  "title": "Mark Zuckerberg says Meta was working on camera-free Ray-Bans before 'pervert glasses' backlash",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/mark-zuckerberg-says-meta-was-working-on-camera-free-ray-bans-before",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-24T16:06:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-audio-ray-ban-ai-glasses-backlash-joanna-stern-2026-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Meta revealed its camera-free version of the Ray-Ban Audio glasses at the company's Connect 2026 conference. The audio-only glasses were not created in response to backlash, according to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who spoke to Joanna Stern for an interview. Zuckerberg emphasized that the audio-only devices took a significant amount of time to develop and that the decision to launch them was not influenced by recent controversies. He clarified that the company had been working on these glasses for a considerable period and that the camera-free design was not a response to concerns about camera-equipped versions being labeled as \"pervert glasses.\" The new Meta Ray-Ban Audio glasses are lighter, come in two styles, and start at $349, offering users the ability to listen to music, make phone calls, and interact with the Muse AI agent. Despite increased backlash against camera glasses since the Kylie Jenner version's launch in June, Zuckerberg emphasized that the audio-only glasses were developed long before this summer's controversies.",
  "summary": "Mark Zuckerberg says the audio-only Meta Ray-Bans were a project long in the works.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}