'Zuckoff' App Detects Meta Smartglasses, as Meta Plans Camera-Free Version, Loses Money, and Offers Social Media Subscriptions

Programmer Pavel Shidlovsky released the Zuckoff app, which uses Bluetooth signatures to detect nearby Meta smart glasses and estimate distance; it was downloaded about 5,000 times in a month. Amid criticism, Meta is preparing a camera-free version with six microphones and an AI launch button, and launching Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions from $2.99 per month.

• Zuckoff gained about 5,000 users since its App Store release
• The app estimates distance to glasses via Bluetooth signatures
• Meta is preparing glasses without a camera with six microphones and an AI button
• Meta subscriptions: $2.99 per product, $7.99 and $14.99 for bundles