Meta’s smart glasses are not called “Stories” anymore, they are just called smart glasses with AI embedded for the first time in history.

Meta announced the news at its Connect launch event.

The all-new Ray Ban Smart glasses will be able to understand what you’re looking at and provide information about it.

The other job of the glasses is as a camera. The smart glasses has small camera lenses on each right temple, just like the Stories — but the cameras are able to capture 12-megapixel photos and 1080p videos, both major upgrades from the previous generation.

Also, you can now store roughly 500 photos and 100 30-second videos (that’s the maximum length the glasses allow) before you fill-up the 32GB of internal storage while everything syncs through the Meta View app. The app also lets you quickly share anything you capture to Meta’s many, many sharing platforms.

What makes it even more exciting is that you can now start a livestream on Facebook or Instagram with just a few taps on the stem of the glasses. Meta says “When you’re recording, a white light around the lens pulses to indicate you’re recording.”

This is one of Meta’s attempts to answer the big question surrounding all smart glasses.

It’s set for release on October 17th, 2024.