3 best Meta Ray-Ban features that you (probably) didn't know

1. Identify songs playing around you

Your Meta Ray-Bans can tell you what song is playing out loud using Shazam integration built into the Meta View app. This works like pulling out your phone to Shazam a song, except you do it completely hands-free through your glasses.

To set up Shazam on your Meta Ray-Ban glasses, launch the Meta View app and tap your device icon in the top right corner. From there, head to App Connections and select Shazam.

Once connected, you can identify music anytime by saying "Hey Meta, what song is this?" while music plays nearby.

This is particularly useful at restaurants, stores, or events where you hear music but can't easily pull out your phone to identify it. The glasses do it discreetly without interrupting what you're doing.

2. Translate conversations in real-time

You can trigger real-time translation just by saying "Hey Meta, start live translation," and it will listen and translate audio back to you through the glasses' speakers.

The glasses listen to someone speaking a foreign language and translate it into English (or your preferred language) in real-time, playing the translation through the built-in speakers only you can hear. This creates a hands-free translation experience during conversations, letting you maintain eye contact instead of looking down at a phone screen.

With offline language support, you can download languages to have saved on your glasses so you don't have to worry about not having a connection when you're traveling.

You can download languages before your trip in the Meta View app under settings, then select which languages to store locally.

3. Scan QR codes

Got a QR code? You can ask Meta to scan it and the glasses will send the link straight to your phone via the Meta View app.

Say "Hey Meta, scan this" while looking at any QR code. The glasses scan it through the built-in camera and immediately send the decoded link to your phone as a notification. Tap the notification to open the link in your browser.

Restaurant menus, event check-ins, payment codes, website links — it handles any standard QR code. And since you're not fumbling for your phone, it's especially handy when your hands are full or you're mid-task.