2025 Community Forum on Wearables

UPDATED JUN 5, 2026
Forum date: November 2025
Countries: India and United States
Representative Sample: 550
Guiding Questions: How do you think expectations of privacy evolve as Wearables become more ubiquitous? Who should decide the rules or norms that govern this technology?
Overview
In our Community Forum on Wearables, conducted in partnership with Stanford University's Deliberative Democracy Lab, we engaged a representative sample of 550 participants — 300 from the United States and 250 from India — to solicit people’s perspectives on user controls and societal expectations on norms and rules of Wearables governance in public and private spaces.
As AI wearables see rapid adoption, understanding public expectations is critical. Three key themes emerged:
  • User Control. Participants in the US and India indicated highest levels of support for users having controls available to them for when Wearables are passively processing environments and actively capturing.
  • Governance within public and private spaces. In public and private settings, US participants consistently favored individual agency over how wearables are used. In India, participants showed a slight preference for governments deciding how wearables are used in public settings.
  • Governance in workplaces and schools. US participants supported workplaces and schools deciding how AI glasses should be used in these spaces. In India, participants were also highly supportive of governments playing a role in these settings.
As these devices become more capable and more attuned to individual needs, public consultations like these are essential for ensuring that the people who use this technology have a voice in shaping its future. Meta's wearables product teams receive briefings on this work to help inform their ongoing work. These findings offer valuable insight into how public attitudes toward wearables are evolving as well as expectations for how they should be governed.
For more details, view the full report from our partners at Stanford University’s Deliberative Democracy Lab here.