Several key questions remain open. California's SB 1130, introduced in April 2026 and amended August 13, 2026, would bar recording devices from capturing sound or video of others in places of business, but it has not been enacted. No comprehensive federal law governs smart glasses in the workplace. Meta's "NameTag" feature, reported by WIRED in June 2026 as a way to identify people captured by glasses cameras, was never released, and Meta has removed the software components that would have enabled it. The specific holdings of the January 2026 NLRB administrative law judge decisions on recording bans are not detailed in the available material, and final rules on the subject are still pending.
Deployment is outrunning regulation, and the legal exposure is converging across labor, privacy, disability, and privilege law. Health care, retail, and financial services face the highest risk of recording customers, patients, or vendors who never consented. Practitioners are advising employers to review recording policies now rather than wait for final rules. Attorneys should decide whether to restrict or permit devices, track SB 1130, watch NLRB recording-ban rulings and BIPA enforcement, and make sure attorney-client communications stay off third-party AI platforms.