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Cooking with Meta glasses: a hands-free AI chef in your ear.
Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta glasses are good at one thing every cook needs: they keep your hands free. Here is what they can do in the kitchen on their own, and how to turn them into a proper recipe coach with Glutt.
Yes, you can cook with Meta glasses. Meta AI on Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta glasses can answer cooking questions and set timers. For step-by-step help with a specific recipe, Glutt's AI chef, Polly, works through the glasses: when your glasses are connected to your iPhone, Glutt automatically uses their microphones and open-ear speakers, so you talk to Polly with the phone on the counter. Polly can see your pan through the iPhone camera; seeing through the glasses' own camera is not available yet.
What Meta glasses can do in the kitchen on their own
Meta sells its AI glasses partly as a cooking companion. Its own cooking page promises "real-time help planning your meal, shopping for ingredients and step-by-step cooking instructions," plus hands-free photos and video, and open-ear speakers so you can listen to a podcast "without missing the oven timer going off." 1
Out of the box, with the Meta AI app on your phone, the glasses give you:
- Meta AI by voice. Say "Hey Meta" and ask for a substitution, a conversion or a recipe idea.
- Live AI. Say "Hey Meta, start live AI" and the glasses' camera and microphone stay on, so Meta AI can answer about what you are looking at. Meta says live AI is available in English and rolling out in the US and Canada. 2
- Open-ear audio. Speakers that sit near your ears, so you still hear the pan sizzle and the smoke alarm.
- A point-of-view camera for photos and short videos of what you made.
What they do not give you is your recipe. Meta AI answers from general knowledge. It does not know which recipe you saved last week, which step you are on, how many servings you are making, or what is in your fridge. For a quick question that is fine. For cooking a whole dish, that missing context is where things go wrong.
What Meta announced at Connect, September 2026
Two of the announcements change what cooking with the glasses looks like.
- Ray-Ban Meta Audio: no camera at all. A camera-free pair at $349, 43 grams, up to 12 hours of battery (48 with the case). Preorders are open and it ships October 13. 4 Anything that depends on the glasses seeing your food does not apply to these. Voice guidance still does, which is the part Glutt uses.
- Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3). The new camera pair, with a 12 MP camera, 3K video and up to nine hours of battery, in Wayfarer, Aviator and Zena styles. 4
- New York Times Cooking is getting a hands-free mode that narrates recipe steps through the glasses, with swipeable step cards on Meta Ray-Ban Display. The Times' AJ Chavar described "a system to restructure lengthy steps into brief audio instructions." It rolls out later this fall. 5
What about New York Times Cooking?
If you cook from NYT Cooking and subscribe to it, that hands-free mode will be a good fit once it ships: their editors shaped how each step is read out. It reads their recipes. Glutt works from the recipes you saved, wherever they came from, and answers questions back, which a narrator does not do. Different jobs, and plenty of people will want both.
How to use Glutt's AI chef through your Meta glasses
Polly is Glutt's live voice AI chef. She works from the recipe you are actually cooking: she knows the ingredients, the step you are on and the timers that are running. When Meta glasses are connected to your iPhone, Glutt picks the glasses' microphones and speakers for Polly automatically. If AirPods are paired too, the glasses win. So Polly's voice comes out of the glasses, and she hears you through them, while your phone sits on the counter.
Setup, step by step
- Pair your glasses with your iPhone in the Meta AI app, the same way you set them up for music and calls.
- Check the connection. In iPhone Settings, under Bluetooth, the glasses should show as Connected.
- Save or open a recipe in Glutt. Anything works: one you imported from TikTok or Instagram, a website recipe or one from the Discover feed.
- Start cooking with Polly. Glutt switches the audio to your glasses on its own. There is nothing to toggle.
- Say "Chef," then ask. "Chef, what can I use instead of buttermilk?" "Chef, start a timer for the rice." "Chef, what's next?"
- Prop the phone up facing the stove if you want Polly to look at the pan. She uses the iPhone camera for that.
Two assistants, two wake words. "Hey Meta" talks to Meta AI. "Chef" talks to Polly in Glutt. They are separate, so use "Chef" for anything about the recipe in front of you.
Meta AI vs Glutt on Meta glasses
| Meta AI (built in) | Glutt with Polly | |
|---|---|---|
| Wake word | "Hey Meta" | "Chef" or "Hey Chef" |
| Knows your recipe | No, general knowledge | Yes: ingredients, servings, current step |
| Step-by-step guidance | On request | Walks you through every step in order |
| Timers | Yes | Yes, tied to the step that needs them |
| Can see your food | Yes, with live AI (glasses camera) | Yes, through the iPhone camera |
| Knows your pantry | No | Yes, and flags missing ingredients |
| Saves recipes from TikTok and Instagram | No | Yes |
| Cost | Included with the glasses | Free download, with a free trial of Glutt Premium |
They are not rivals. Many people will use both: Meta AI to snap a photo or play music, Polly to actually get dinner made.
Which Meta glasses work with Glutt?
Glutt uses the glasses the way your iPhone does for phone calls: as a Bluetooth headset with a microphone. It recognizes Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta frames by name and prefers them for Polly's audio. That covers Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 1, Gen 2 and the new Gen 3), Oakley Meta HSTN and Oakley Meta Vanguard. It also covers the camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio: Glutt only needs the microphones and speakers, so a pair with no camera loses nothing here. Any other Bluetooth headset, including AirPods, works too. On Meta Ray-Ban Display, Glutt uses the audio only. It does not draw anything on the display.
What about Polly seeing through the glasses' camera?
That is the obvious next step, and we have prototyped it. It is still not in the App Store version, for a reason outside our control, and the reason changed last week. See the status box below. Until submissions open, Polly looks through your iPhone camera, which tends to have the better view of the pan anyway.
Status: can a cooking app use the glasses camera yet?
No, not for you. Checked October 1, 2026. Here is exactly where it stands.
| What | Status | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|
| Glasses as a headset for an app's voice | Works today | Polly talks and listens through the glasses right now |
| Wearables Device Access Toolkit | 1.0 shipped, rolling out September 30, 2026 3 | Developers get a stable toolkit, after a year of preview |
| Publishing an app that uses the camera | Still closed. Meta: "You'll soon be able to submit… to be published," and "We'll have more to share on submission and publishing timing soon" 3 | No App Store app can see through your glasses for you yet, including ours |
| Meta AI's own live AI | Works, because it is Meta's | "Hey Meta" can comment on what the camera sees |
This page gets updated when that changes. The day submissions open is the day a cooking app can finally watch the pan from your face instead of from the counter.
Tips for cooking with smart glasses
- Keep the phone within a few meters. Bluetooth audio drops if you walk to the other side of the house with the recipe still running.
- Charge first. A long braise plus a live voice session is a lot of audio time for small frames. Top up the glasses before you start a big cook.
- Mind the steam. Leaning over a boiling pot fogs lenses. Step back to read the phone if you need to.
- Talk normally. The glasses' microphones are close to your mouth, so you don't need to raise your voice over the extractor fan.
- Wipe your fingers before you tap the frames. The touchpad on the arm is the one thing you still touch. Voice is cleaner.
Frequently asked questions
Can you use Ray-Ban Meta glasses for cooking?
Yes. Out of the box, Meta AI on the glasses can answer cooking questions, set timers and, with live AI, talk about what the camera sees. For guidance through a specific recipe, you can run Glutt's AI chef Polly through the glasses' speakers and microphones.
Is there a recipe app for Meta glasses?
Glutt is an iPhone recipe app whose AI chef, Polly, works through Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta glasses. Glutt automatically uses the glasses' microphones and open-ear speakers when they are connected, so you can talk to Polly hands-free while you cook.
Do I need Meta glasses to use Glutt?
No. Polly works through your iPhone's speaker and microphone, AirPods, or any Bluetooth headset. The glasses are just the most hands-free way to wear her.
Can Glutt see through my Meta glasses camera?
Not yet. Meta shipped its Wearables Device Access Toolkit 1.0 on September 30, 2026, but submissions for publishing are still not open, so no App Store app can use the glasses camera for end users. Polly sees your food through the iPhone camera today.
Does Glutt work with Meta Ray-Ban Display?
For audio, yes: Glutt treats the glasses as a Bluetooth headset. Glutt does not show anything on the Display's screen.
Can AI glasses help with cooking tips?
Yes. Meta AI on the glasses answers cooking questions out loud, suggests substitutions and sets timers, and with live AI it can comment on what the camera sees. What it cannot do is follow the specific recipe you saved, which is the gap a cooking app like Glutt fills.
Can Ray-Ban Meta glasses set kitchen timers?
Yes, by voice through Meta AI. In Glutt the timers belong to the step you are on, so "Chef, start the timer" runs the countdown that step actually needs.
Does Glutt work with the camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio?
Yes. Glutt only uses the glasses as a microphone and speakers, so a camera-free pair loses nothing. If you want Polly to look at the pan, she uses the iPhone camera either way.
Is Glutt made by Meta?
No. Glutt is an independent app made by CielPM, Inc. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Meta Platforms or EssilorLuxottica. Ray-Ban and Oakley are trademarks of their owners.