Want your stream to show exactly what you are seeing? With Ray-Ban Meta (or Oakley Meta) glasses, you can broadcast straight from the camera on your glasses, completely hands free. This guide takes you from a fresh start all the way to going live.
Setup takes about 10 minutes and you only do it once. After that, switching to your glasses is a single button.
⚠️ Heads up: the glasses feature is still in testing, and it is Android only for now. The steps below can change as we keep building it, so always check you are on the latest version of this guide. |
What you will need
An Android phone on Android 10 or newer (older phones will not show the glasses controls at all)
Your Ray-Ban Meta or Oakley Meta glasses, charged and unfolded (they go to sleep when folded)
The Meta AI app, signed in to the Meta account your glasses are paired with
The Kick wearables app (we will install this together in a moment)
About 10 minutes
How it fits together
Quick thing to know first: Kick does not pair your glasses itself. It piggybacks on the connection the Meta AI app already has. So you will set your glasses up in Meta AI first, then connect them inside Kick. Nothing on the Kick side will work until the Meta AI part is done.
Part 1: Install the Kick wearables app
Because the feature is still in testing, it runs on a special build of the Kick app that you install from a file (an APK) instead of from the Play Store. Your KICK contact will send you the file, called Kick - Go Live - Wearables.apk. Here is how to get it onto your phone.
1. Open the file
Open your Downloads and tap Kick - Go Live - Wearables.apk.
2. Let your phone install it
The first time, your phone will say it is not allowed to install apps from this source. Tap Settings, then turn on Allow permission (it may say "Allow from this source"). Head back once it is on.
 Your downloaded file is in Downloads |
 Tap Settings on this prompt |
Turn on Allow permission, then go back
3. Install the app
Tap Install when the "Install this app?" box pops up.
💡 Good to know: you might see a warning that the app "is not recommended", or a Google Play Protect scan prompt. That is normal for a test build that is not on the Play Store yet. You can tap Install anyway, or let Play Protect scan it first (that is totally fine too). |
 Tap Install |  A warning like this is expected for a test build |
4. Let Play Protect check it (if it asks)
If Play Protect offers to scan the app, tap Scan app and give it a few seconds.
 Tap Scan app |
 Play Protect scanning |
5. Finish up
When you see "This app looks safe", tap Install. Once it is done, tap Open to jump straight in.
 Tap Install |
 All done, tap Open |
Part 2: Set up your glasses in the Meta AI app
This whole part happens inside the Meta AI app. Kick will not detect your glasses until it is finished.
1. Install Meta AI and sign in
Grab the Meta AI app from the Play Store and sign in with the Meta account your glasses belong to.
2. Connect your glasses
Follow the app’s pairing steps until your glasses show as connected. This is the exact connection Kick borrows later, so if they are not connected here, Kick will not find them.
3. Turn on Developer mode
Go to Settings > App info, then tap App version five times. A Developer mode toggle appears. Turn it on and confirm with Enable.
 In Meta AI, open Settings, then App info |
 Turn Developer mode on. If your glasses show Install, tap it |
💡 Why this is needed: Developer mode lets an app Meta has not published yet register with your glasses. Our wearables support is still in testing, so every tester needs this step. | ⚠️ One app at a time: Developer mode only keeps one outside app registered with your glasses. If you register a different one, it bumps Kick off and you will need to reconnect. |
4. Check the toolkit is on your glasses
Still under Developer mode, find your glasses in the list and check the toolkit shows as installed. If there is an install button, put your glasses on first, tap it, and keep the Meta AI app open for the 5 to 10 seconds it takes. If your glasses are not listed at all, the toolkit is not installed and the camera will not start.
Toolkit installed: your glasses show a green dot and a DAT SDK version
Part 3: Connect your glasses in Kick
Now for the one-time setup on the Kick side. You will pop over to Meta AI twice and come straight back each time.
5. Open Kick and sign in
Allow the permissions Kick asks for when you sign in: camera, microphone and notifications.
6. Open the Meta glasses screen
Tap your profile picture in the top right, then choose Meta glasses.
 Your profile picture, then Meta glasses |
 The Meta glasses screen before connecting |
7. Grant Bluetooth access
Tap Grant permissions and allow the Bluetooth prompt. Kick reaches your glasses over Bluetooth, so the rest of the screen stays hidden until this is on. Your camera was already sorted at sign-in, so this is usually the only prompt here.
8. Connect your glasses
Tap Connect glasses. Kick sends you to Meta AI to approve, then brings you back. When it works, Registration reads Linked and your glasses show up below it as Connected. This only happens once, and Kick remembers it after that, even when you restart the app.
Once connected, Registration reads Linked and your glasses show as Connected
9. Grant glasses camera access
Tap Grant glasses camera access. This one is approved in the Meta AI app and is separate from the Android permission in step 7. Approve it there, come back, and Camera access flips to Granted.
Pick Always allow here, not Allow once, then Confirm
⚠️ Do not pick "Allow once": a one-time grant expires without warning. Kick still looks set up, then the session fails later with a permissions error. Choose the lasting option wherever it is offered. If this button shows up again down the line, the permission has lapsed and you will need to grant it again. |
10. Pick a glasses camera quality (optional)
Choose High, Medium or Low. This is just the quality sent from your glasses to your phone, and it is separate from your stream quality, which Kick still picks automatically. Medium is the default and a great place to start. Only move to High if the picture looks soft and your connection is steady. This setting is locked while the camera is in use, so set it before you go live.
11. Put the glasses on and start
Pop the glasses on, then tap Stream with glasses. This opens the broadcast screen with wearables mode already switched on. Keep them on, since they only send video while you are wearing them.
The broadcast screen in wearables mode, with your glasses selected
Part 4: Going live from your glasses
12. Find the glasses button
There is a round glasses icon next to the Go Live button, bottom right. It shows up any time your glasses are registered, and the icon turns green when the mode is on.
The glasses button sits next to Go Live, bottom right
13. Switch to the glasses
Tap the glasses button to switch over. Two things happen: your canvas flips to portrait (720 x 1280, the size the glasses record at), and Meta glasses get added to your camera list and selected, replacing your phone’s front and back cameras. Tap it again any time before going live to go back to the phone.
Meta Glasses selected in the camera list
💡 Tip: the button is greyed out while you are live or counting down, so pick your camera first, then go live. |
14. Choose your microphone (optional)
While the glasses are on and connected, their mic shows up in Kick’s microphone list as an external Bluetooth mic. Pick it to use the glasses’ audio, or stick with your phone mic. Audio and video are chosen separately, so you can mix and match however you like.
15. Go live
Set your title and category and start your broadcast like you always do. Nothing else about going live changes.
💡 Tip: the picture stays portrait no matter how you hold your phone, because the glasses always record in portrait. |
While you are live
A glasses feed drops a little more often than a phone camera, so Kick makes each drop clear on stream instead of hiding it.
Pausing. Use the pause gesture on your glasses and Kick switches to your BRB screen with a banner explaining why. Resume and the picture comes back on its own.
Taking them off or walking out of range. After five seconds with no video, Kick shows your BRB screen. It clears the moment video comes back.
Your phone camera stays off. Kick never falls back to your phone camera. A lost glasses feed always becomes the BRB screen, so your phone is never broadcast by accident.
A camera you hid yourself stays hidden. Kick only brings back a BRB screen it put up automatically.
Troubleshooting
The issues testers run into most, and how to sort them out.
Problem | What is going on, and the fix |
No glasses button on the broadcast screen | Your glasses are not registered yet. Go to your profile picture > Meta glasses > Connect glasses. |
No wearables controls anywhere in the app | Your phone is older than Android 10. The toolkit needs Android 10, so Kick hides all of it below that. |
"Couldn’t connect your glasses", but the status says Linked | Registration actually worked and the message is just out of date. Leave the screen and open it again. |
Connecting runs for about thirty seconds, then fails | That is a timeout, not a refusal. Tap Connect glasses again, a second try usually does it. |
Setup looks complete, but the session fails with a permissions error | The glasses camera permission has lapsed, usually because it was granted once only. Run Grant glasses camera access again and choose the lasting option. |
Connected, but no picture comes through | Check your glasses are being worn and awake, then confirm in Meta AI’s Developer mode that the toolkit is installed on them. |
Glasses that used to work no longer register | Another toolkit app has taken the single Developer mode slot. Reconnect from the Meta glasses screen in Kick. |
Kick says an update is required | The Meta glasses screen gives you the right button, either the glasses firmware update or the Meta AI app in the Play Store. Out-of-date glasses or app will not connect. |
Still need help?
If something here did not do the trick, reach out to our team at [email protected]. To help us find your session fast, include:
The rough time it happened
Your channel name
What you were doing at the time
Wearables sessions are logged, so that is usually all we need to track yours down.
Related articles
The KICK mobile app: a Viewer’s guide
How to create a KICK account
KICK Stream Replays / VODs
⚠️ Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta and Meta AI are products of Meta Platforms. The connection between your glasses and your phone is handled by the Meta AI app.