Meta Just Made Navigation on Its Smart Glasses a Lot More Useful
THE SO WHAT
Voice-triggered walking directions on Meta’s smart glasses push them closer to a genuinely hands-free navigation assistant. If you build location-based services, start thinking about glanceable, audio-first UX—phone screens won’t be the only surface for maps much longer.
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