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After backlash, Meta pauses plan to ‘rate limit’ its smart glasses

Remember when Meta was planning to charge a $20 monthly subscription fee for the smart glasses feature that lets people hear each other more clearly – even though that feature runs locally on your glasses and doesn’t require the cloud? Meta has paused those plans, spokesperson Tyler Yee confirms to The Verge.

The company is not giving up on the idea of a subscription fee for certain features – that’s still moving forward. Yee confirms that “some premium features will be subscription-based over time.”

But Conversation Focus, the accessibility feature, “will remain available for free through our Early Access Program for early testers while w …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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