{"id":3141,"date":"2026-07-01T04:51:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/meta-is-adding-ridiculous-rate-limits-and-a-soft-paywall-to-its-smart-glasses\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T04:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T00:51:03","slug":"meta-is-adding-ridiculous-rate-limits-and-a-soft-paywall-to-its-smart-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/meta-is-adding-ridiculous-rate-limits-and-a-soft-paywall-to-its-smart-glasses\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta is adding ridiculous \u2018rate limits\u2019 and a soft paywall to its smart glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Would you pay $20 a month for access to AI hardware you already own? That appears to be one of Meta’s next bets. This week, it quietly announced that your glasses’ Conversation Focus feature will soon be limited to three hours of use per month, unless you pay for a $19.99 Meta One Premium subscription<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In a help article<\/a>, the company insists that it won’t<\/em> require a subscription to use your glasses, period; it’s merely erecting a \u00ab\u00a0rate limit\u00a0\u00bb for certain AI features. Even premium subscribers will only get 15 hours of Conversation Focus per month under that \u00ab\u00a0rate limit,\u00a0\u00bb it claims.<\/p>\n

Problem is, Meta’s rate limit is ridiculous. The Conversatio \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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