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0 pointsjohnmaguire1y ago0 comments

Does it do anything that the linked article says it can't do?

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> It’s impossible for a 3rd party smartwatch to send text messages, or perform actions on notifications (like dismissing, muting, replying) and many, many other things.

Unless I'm crazy, I think I've used my Meta Ray-Bans to do all of these things at some point. So is this a watch only limitation that Meta was able to avoid?

nickthegreek1y ago

It might be because Meta iOS app is handling some of that handoff and its not possible to do these action purely via the BT api? It seems like in the end they recognize if that had an iOS app they could accomplish some of their wishlist items. However, there are other valid critiques here.

rickdeckard1y ago

Seems to be correct, according to [0] the user needs to link the Meta View app with WhatsApp, not sure if the link is then made on the cloud or on the local device...:

"Use the Meta View app to connect Ray-Ban Stories and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to WhatsApp on your phone."

[0] https://faq.whatsapp.com/836703167795647?locale=en_US&cms_id...

kemayo1y ago

It seems to say that it can do it: https://www.meta.com/help/ai-glasses/647079267216457/

petemir1y ago

On (FB) Messenger and WhatsApp. It's not the same.

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_ea1k1y ago

That sounds like FB Messenger and WhatsApp. I'm guessing they do some server side workaround that wouldn't work for regular text messages or Apple-y messages.

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