Starfire Kylie Edition Meta Credit: Meta “We as a society have the right to at least know that someone is recording,” Polish developer Pawel Szydlowski told Business Insider about his ZuckOff app, which detects nearby smart glasses. Meta now plans to release a pair of smart glasses with no camera this autumn, The Information reported on 15 September, citing people familiar with the matter. The glasses are internally codenamed Luna, reporter Jyoti Mann wrote on X. TNW has not independently verified the report.
What Luna reportedly includes According to The Information, Luna has six built-in microphones. They let wearers talk to Meta AI and to Muse, the AI agent Meta launched on 9 September. A button on the side of the frame quickly activates Meta AI. The speakers are similar to those in current models, Reuters reported, citing the report.
Removing the camera allowed smaller arms, closer to ordinary frames, The Information reported. The glasses would come in two styles, called Clubmaster and Burbank. Meta could unveil Luna at its annual Connect conference on 23 and 24 September and is targeting October for shipments, according to the report. AR glasses and hologram calls The Information also reported that Meta will show augmented reality glasses, codenamed Phoenix, at Connect.
They can display a virtual workspace or a movie screen. Mark Zuckerberg and chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth decided earlier this month to show hologram-like video calls on Phoenix. Mann wrote this on X, citing a person familiar with the decision. Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters.
It declined to comment on the report to Business Insider. A backlash over cameras EssilorLuxottica, Meta’s eyewear partner, sold more than 7 million AI glasses in 2025, including Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta, according to its full-year results. Meta also sells its own brand of glasses, launched in June at $299. The camera models carry a light that shows when they are recording.
Some wearers found ways to cover or tamper with it. Meta’s glasses now stop recording when someone covers the LED. Cinemas and schools have banned the glasses. The Verge reported that New York courtrooms and Wetherspoons, Britain’s largest pub chain, have banned them too.
Szydlowski’s app, which TNW covered on 10 September, scans for Bluetooth signals from camera-equipped glasses. It had passed 5,000 downloads on Apple’s App Store by 15 September, WIRED reported.
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