Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses with an in-lens display and the Meta Neural Band were announced at the Meta Connect 2025 event. Alongside, the company also unveiled the Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) smart glasses.
The Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses feature a 600 × 600-pixel full-color display embedded in the right lens. The heads-up display supports a 90Hz refresh rate, a 20-degree field of view, and up to 5,000 nits of brightness. When showing static content like images and videos, the panel refreshes at 30Hz.
For now, the display can show text messages and video calls via WhatsApp and Messenger, provide turn-by-turn navigation, function as a camera viewfinder, display live captions and real-time translations, and show what you’re listening to on Spotify. It can also display responses from Meta AI to your queries.
Supporting the new Ray-Ban Display glasses is the Meta Neural Band, an sEMG wristband that enables gesture-based control. It comes with an IPX7 rating and is said to deliver up to 18 hours of battery life.
The smart glasses feature a 12MP ultra-wide camera that can record video at 3K resolution (30fps) and offer 3x digital zoom. Meta has included two open-ear speakers and six microphones on the glasses.
As for battery life, the glasses are claimed to last up to 6 hours with mixed usage, with the charging case offering up to 24 hours of usage.
Meta’s Ray-Ban Display smart glasses offer 32GB of internal storage, 2GB of RAM, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, and are also prescription ready with an Rx range between -4.00 to +4.00 total power.
In terms of design, the Ray-Ban Display looks like a bulkier version of the standard Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. They weigh 69g and are IPX4 rated.
The Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses are priced at $799 in the US and available in Black or Sand colors. The glasses will be available for purchase starting September 30. It will be coming to Canada, France, Italy, and the UK in early 2026.
Meta also announced the second generation Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, which are now claimed to offer up to eight hours of battery life from a full charge. The glasses can be charged to 50% in 20 minutes, with the charging case said to offer up to 48 hours of additional usage.
The Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) smart glasses now support 3K video recording at up to 60fps. Meta also announced that all of its AI-powered glasses will soon gain hyperlapse and slow-motion recording modes.
Another upcoming feature, Conversation Focus, will arrive via a software update and will let the glasses isolate the voice of the person you’re speaking with while minimizing surrounding noise.
Meta’s new Gen 2 smart glasses are priced at $379 in the US and are already available for purchase. They come in Wayfarer, Skyler, and Headliner designs.
