Ray-Ban Meta's v25.0 update plagued by severe battery drain and AI bugs

After updating to version 25.0, several Meta Ray-Ban users are reporting various bugs, along with worse battery life.

Posts on Reddit claim that the glasses aren’t even able to last until the afternoon with a full charge. The endurance has reportedly halved. Some say that the battery drained to zero in under 5 hours. In the worst case, the glasses last for just 2 hours. Various replies to the main Reddit thread confirm having the same problem.

It’s not just the battery that’s messed up. The update has seemingly introduced several bugs as well. One post claims that “Hey Meta” doesn’t work properly, often requiring two tries to trigger. Basic troubleshooting methods might fix the issue, but it’s inconsistent and may require reinstallation of the companion app multiple times.

People are also talking about wear detection issues, problems with the Live Note feature, issues with call audio, and AI voice glitches. Unpairing and repairing the glasses was mentioned as a solution to some of these issues. While reports of such bugs are limited in comparison, the battery issues are a lot higher in volume.

It’s worth noting that these bugs are reportedly affecting both the current Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and the first-generation Ray-Ban Stories.

Additionally, the glasses refuse to accurately use the AI voice that was selected. It keeps going back to the default voice, and many people are just frustrated about the truckload of issues, calling it a “broken” update.

Since version 25.0 isn’t that stable, the question of downgrading the software version came up as well. However, Meta offers no official or simple way to downgrade the software of the glasses, leaving users stuck on the current patch until the company pushes out an update.

Finally, Meta hasn’t officially acknowledged these issues at the time of writing. You can submit a report directly in the app, and if there are sufficient bug reports, the company might silently patch these issues in a future update. Keep an eye out for patches.

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