Can smart glasses read your text messages to you?
Short answer
Yes. Meta says its AI glasses, including the Ray-Ban Meta, can announce new messages and read them aloud from your iPhone or Android phone, WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram. You switch this on per app in the Meta AI app, then reply by voice. Messenger chats in vanish mode aren't read aloud.
Which products can do it?
- Meta Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2)Yes
Meta says Ray-Ban Meta glasses can announce incoming messages and read them aloud from your phone, WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram, and you can reply by voice.
Good to know: Meta help articles for its AI glasses. Turn it on per app under Communication in the Meta AI app; not in Messenger vanish mode. Carrier fees may apply.
Why it matters
Pulling out a phone for every text is awkward while walking, cooking or carrying things, so people want glasses that read messages out and let them answer hands-free.
Not proven yet
Whether every phone texting app works the same way on iPhone and Android; Meta's help pages only say "your phone". How the Meta Ray-Ban Display handles readout: it shows messages in the lens (see the question on messages in your view), but the readout article doesn't name it.
How we know (2 sources)
Help article on message announcements and readout for AI glasses (shown as updated about eight weeks earlier, read Nov 4, 2026): the glasses can announce incoming calls and messages from your iPhone or Android phone, Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram, and can read messages aloud automatically. Each source has its own toggles under the glasses' Communication settings in the Meta AI app. After an announcement you can ask Meta to play a voice message or reply. Messages can't be read aloud in Messenger's vanish mode, and the phone's messaging app needs Bluetooth permission.
Read the source"Call and message using AI glasses" (shown as updated about a week earlier, read Nov 4, 2026): Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta and Meta glasses can send messages and voice messages and make calls by voice once you link Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram or your phone in the Meta AI app; the glasses can also announce new messages and read them to you. Linking needs access to your contacts, and carrier fees may apply.
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Status timeline
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- First recorded: In storesMeta Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2)
Meta says Ray-Ban Meta glasses can announce incoming messages and read them aloud from your phone, WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram, and you can reply by voice.