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Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses announced— release date, price, features, neural link band and more

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Meta's next-gen smart glasses revealed

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At meta Connect 2025, Mark Zuckerberg finally announced his company's next-generation smart glasses, the Meta Ray Ban Display, which combine a camera and a small display inside the glasses, giving wearers true augmented reality, and possibly living up to the promise of the long-gone Google Glasses.

Here's everything that was revealed about the Meta Ray Ban Display. Could these be the smart glasses to beat?

Meta RayBan Display with Zuckerberg's PoV

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Meta Ray Ban Display: Price and release date

Meta RayBan Display pricing and release date

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The Ray-Ban Display will come in black and sand, and with transition lenses so you can use them indoors and out. They'll cost $799, and will be available September 30.

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Price

$799

Display resolution

600 x 600

Camera

12MP 3X zoom

Battery life

Up to 6 hours

Weight

69g

The Ray-Ban Display weigh 69 grams, which is a touch heavier than the Oakley Vanguard. The neural band weighs 42 grams, which is pretty light.

The glasses also come with a charging case that collapses down into a compact form when not in use. They also have a battery that will provide an additional 24 hours of juice to the glasses.

Ray-Ban Meta Display: Display and Neural link

Meta Neural Band

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As rumored, the Ray-Ban Display have a small screen on the right lens with a brightness of 5000 nits, so that you'll be able to see it even in direct sunlight.

The glasses are paired with a neural link wristband, which translates small muscle twitches and movements into menu controls. For instance, when listening to music, you can rotate your wrist right or left to change the volume. Or, you can tap your fingers on a table to compose a text message.

During the presentation, Mark Zuckerberg showed off the Ray-Ban Display's capabilities, though not everything worked perfectly; he had trouble answering a Whatsapp call, as the glasses didn't respond to his commands.

However, other demonstrations did work, and showed off the potential of the glasses. For instance, the glasses were able to interpret the words that Mark was saying, and put them on the display of someone else wearing a pair of the glasses, which will come in handy if you have trouble hearing someone, or want to view subtitles for a movie.

This feature will also work with meta's live translate feature, so you'll be able to see what someone is saying in real time.

We're going to get hands-on with the Ray-Ban Meta Displays soon, so stay tuned.

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Mike Prospero
Mike Prospero
U.S. Editor-in-Chief, Tom's Guide

Michael A. Prospero is the U.S. Editor-in-Chief for Tom’s Guide. He oversees all evergreen content and oversees the Homes, Smart Home, and Fitness/Wearables categories for the site. In his spare time, he also tests out the latest drones, electric scooters, and smart home gadgets, such as video doorbells. Before his tenure at Tom's Guide, he was the Reviews Editor for Laptop Magazine, a reporter at Fast Company, the Times of Trenton, and, many eons back, an intern at George magazine. He received his undergraduate degree from Boston College, where he worked on the campus newspaper The Heights, and then attended the Columbia University school of Journalism. When he’s not testing out the latest running watch, electric scooter, or skiing or training for a marathon, he’s probably using the latest sous vide machine, smoker, or pizza oven, to the delight — or chagrin — of his family.

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