By Elle Hunt
Publication Date: 2026-04-01 04:00:00
LI finally heard Judi Dench’s voice in my head. She tells me the weather forecast for tomorrow, when I have to turn right and that another message has arrived in my group chat. Dame Judi is happy to help day and night. When I ask the eight-time Oscar nominee what I see, she replies: a residential area, a person in a bar, daffodils. “They are bright yellow in color and are often associated with spring.”
This is not a deception. This is obviously progress. I’m currently driving the Meta smart glasses and Dench is talking about the built-in AI assistant: “Here to chat, answer questions, create images and give advice and inspiration,” said “Judi” when I chose her over actors John Cena and Kristen Bell. “Shall we begin?”
Over the next decade, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg predicts, smartglasses will gradually become “the primary way we run computers,” performing many of the same functions as smartphones—taking photos, playing music, making calls, etc.
