Does Meta Ray-Ban Display replace a smartphone?
It can move some interactions into the glasses, but its documented setup still requires a supported phone and the Meta AI app. Reducing phone checks is different from removing the phone from the system.
Count the handoffs that remain
Look at a day's ordinary tasks: starting the device, connecting services, handling a complex reply and recovering from a problem. Some are convenient on a wearable; others may send you to the phone. The useful question is whether those handoffs fit your routine.
If your aim is to keep the phone in a pocket during a short exchange, a connected wearable can still meet it. If your aim is to leave the phone at home, you need feature-level evidence for that condition. Those are different purchase requirements even though both sound like less phone use.
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