Meta has steadily expanded what its AI glasses can do over recent months. Now the latest v28 update adds several genuinely practical upgrades. These include pedestrian navigation, Spatial Audio, and broader language support. Together, they make the Ray-Ban Meta glasses noticeably more useful on the go.
The headline addition is easily pedestrian navigation. Notably, this brings one of the pricier Ray-Ban Display’s best features to the cheaper displayless glasses. Users no longer need the $799 Display model to get walking directions. Instead, they simply ask the glasses through a voice command. For example, someone can say “Hey Meta, navigate to Times Square.” The turns then come through the open-ear speakers directly.
However, the feature carries some sensible limits worth noting. On-glasses navigation works only for walking to nearby places. If the destination sits farther away, the glasses respond differently. In that case, they push driving directions to your phone instead. Additionally, reports indicate the glasses still lean on the paired phone. Simple requests run on the glasses, while route plotting goes through the Meta AI app.
There is also a fresh way to start navigation entirely. Users can find a destination inside their mapping app first. Then they tap Share and select Meta AI from the options. Consequently, navigation begins directly on the connected glasses afterward. Until now, users could not start navigation from the glasses at all.
The update also broadens where walking directions actually work. Coverage now includes the US, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Additionally, it reaches select cities across the wider world. However, Meta still officially labels the pedestrian navigation feature as beta.
Audio receives a meaningful upgrade in this release too. Spatial Audio now creates a more immersive version of stereo sound. It uses AI to add a sense of three-dimensional space. This option lives under Settings, then Audio, then Spatial. Notably, it works with Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 Optics and the Meta Glasses collection.
Meta is also expanding language support by adding Mandarin Chinese. Finally, the update strengthens anti-tampering protections around the camera’s capture light. The glasses now disable the camera if that privacy light gets blocked, addressing longstanding privacy concerns directly.
