Meta's smart glasses are getting a major AI boost, but it doesn't address its biggest problem

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Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:09:33 +0000

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Meta has said its new Muse Spark AI is coming to Meta glasses, and you should expect a big boost.

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Meta just debuted a new AI: Muse Spark This improved LLM more closely matches ChatGPT and Gemini It's launching on Meta's smart glasses and social
platforms soon Metas VR scaleback came with the promise of renewed effort in its glasses and AI divisions, and today were seeing the first glimpse of what this focus means, as Meta debuts Muse Spark.

A new Meta LLM, Muse Spark is described as offering competitive performance across a range of metrics including reasoning, health, and agentic tasks.
Meta shared performance scores for Muse Spark that shows its performance in these areas is solidly amongst the pack either matching, surpassing or being just behind its Gemini and ChatGPT competitors in each of those fields.
(Image credit: Meta) Metas announcement report gets quite into the weeds
about the testing, scaling, and training Muse Spark received with the promise that we should look forward to increasingly capable models on the horizon. Article continues below You may like I experimented with Meta AI's new Muse Spark model and it felt like Facebook's perfect AI chatbot This new Meta Ray-Ban update would have been perfect at the Winter Olympics Mark Zuckerberg says it's 'hard to imagine' a future without AI glasses The report also highlights the safety of Muse Spark, such as its refusal to be used to
discuss chemical and biological weapons, which might bring this new AI into the government-usage conversation dominated by OpenAI and Anthropic.

Regardless, the interesting aspect of this new AI is that itll soon be
rolling out to Meta glasses and software users at least in the US where Meta usually introduces new software features first.

Meta promises that Muse Spark will debut on Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp and its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart specs in the coming weeks which should bring
some serious performance boosts. (Image credit: Meta / EssilorLuxottica) Exactly what this boost will look like is yet to be seen in practice on Metas glasses, but we have experienced the Muse Spark update on other platforms
and we expect the AI glasses roll-out might see improvements to
conversational performance, image and video editing (perhaps with improved generative elements), and improved health data assistance. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

Though this comes on the back of the growing backlash to Metas AI and glasses , it doesnt seem to address some of the biggest concerns folks have
(primarily data privacy, especially for images and videos). Perhaps the major improvements and utility of the new Meta AI will win people over, however, as Metas lacking ability compared to its rivals was a growing frustration that does at least seem to have been addressed.

Well have to wait and see how Muse Spark unfolds, but some of my Meta
interest is returning. Lets see if it can live up to, and maintain, the hype. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. Make sure to click the
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