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title: "After backlash, Meta pauses plan to ‘rate limit’ its smart glasses"
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description: "Meta has paused plans to introduce a $20 monthly subscription fee for the 'Conversation Focus' accessibility feature on its smart glasses, following user backlash. While the company confirmed that some premium features will eventually become subscription-based, this specific local-processing feature will remain free during the Early Access Program."
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# After backlash, Meta pauses plan to ‘rate limit’ its smart glasses

Remember when Meta was planning to charge a $20 monthly subscription fee for the smart glasses feature that lets people hear each other more clearly - even though that feature runs locally on your glasses and doesn't require the cloud? Meta has paused those plans, spokesperson Tyler Yee confirms to *The Verge*.

The company is *not* giving up on the idea of a subscription fee for certain features - that's still moving forward. Yee confirms that "some premium features will be subscription-based over time."

But Conversation Focus, the accessibility feature, "will remain available for free through our Early Access Program for early testers while w …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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