Ray-Ban Meta review: Can the new Meta Ray-Ban glasses improve my travel experience? I tried them on safari to find out

To try it out, I asked a French-speaking colleague to chat with me in French in the office. With the Meta app open on your phone, you simply face the speaker while wearing the glasses. The translated text appears in real time on your phone, and shortly afterwards the glasses relay the translation through their speakers.

The translation itself was very accurate – totally spot-on, according to my colleague – though the slight delay meant the glasses sometimes started speaking while she was…