Meta smart glasses seem useful, socially awkward

The best case for the product is assistive utility, especially for blind and low-vision users, but that is not the same as mass-market indispensability. The AI assistant is useful in theory, yet the article describes it as unreliable enough that users still have to check their phones. The biggest liability is social: the camera makes bystanders uneasy, the recording indicator is easy to miss, and the temptation to record others without consent becomes easier to rationalize.