Meta Caps Key AI Glasses Feature at 3 Hours a Month, Unless You Pay Up
Meta has introduced a monthly usage cap on the 'Conversational Focus' feature for its AI glasses, limiting free users to three hours per month. Users can increase this limit to 15 hours by subscribing to the $20-per-month Meta One Premium plan.
Why it matters
This reflects a broader industry trend of gating advanced AI features behind subscription models to monetize hardware ecosystems.
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