Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.

The 'disappearing into the bushes like Homer Simpson' strategy is a bold choice.

Meta stripped NameTag facial recognition code from its AI app one day after WIRED exposed it on 50 million phones. Meta says no decision has been made. Meta removed nearly all traces of an unreleased ...

Code to power facial recognition has been found in the Meta AI app This would allow Meta's smart glasses to identify people's faces The feature isn't live yet, and Meta claims it may never be, but ...

Meta has been quietly embedding facial recognition code in its smart glasses companion app since January 2026. The system, called NameTag, uses three AI models to identify people and is already on ...

Earlier this year, the New York Times reported that Meta was developing software for its smart glasses to identify people, ...

A view of a cellphone with which Colombia's presidential candidate Paloma Valencia, of the Centro Democratico party, takes a selfie during a campaign rally in Villavicencio, Meta department, Colombia ...

The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back. The most recent version of Meta ...

Meta was previously reported to be exploring facial recognition for its smart glasses.

Meta smart glasses are back in the privacy spotlight after a WIRED investigation found dormant face-recognition code inside the Meta AI app. The feature, called NameTag, could identify people seen ...