Meta adds paid subscription to limit Conversation Focus on Ray‑Ban and Oakley smart glasses

Meta announced that the Conversation Focus feature on its Ray‑Ban Meta and Oakley AI glasses will be capped at three hours of free use per month. Users who need more access must subscribe to the Meta One Premium plan, which costs $19.99‑$20 per month and raises the limit to 15 hours. The feature, which amplifies a speaker’s voice in noisy environments, runs entirely on‑device and does not use Meta’s cloud resources. Meta says the subscription is optional and intended for power users, but critics note that the limitation applies to a hardware‑based accessibility tool.

The change affects existing owners of the glasses worldwide and is part of a broader rollout of Meta One subscription tiers that bundle AI enhancements across Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and the glasses themselves. The move has drawn backlash from users who purchased the devices expecting unrestricted functionality, and raises questions about future paywalls for other on‑device features.