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Gen 3 of the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Announced

September 27, 2026
Gen 3 of the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Announced

At Meta Connect 2026, CEO Mark Zuckerberg showcased the next evolution in the company’s wearable technology lineup, introducing the Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3) smart glasses. Building on the popular foundation laid by previous generations, the new iteration offers key hardware improvements alongside expanded design choices.

The Gen 3 generation focuses on enhanced comfort, refined hardware, and aesthetic variety:

  • Bold New Styles: Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3) comes in two bold new styles, Aviator and Zena, which join the collection alongside the iconic Wayfarer.
  • Refined Design & Audio: The new generation features a slimmer design, a more comfortable fit, and a 6-mic array for clearer audio.
  • Extended Power: The longer battery life provides up to 9 hours on a single charge.
  • Assignable Action Button: A new assignable action button enables quick access to Meta AI or your favorite feature.

With these additions, Meta is broadening the visual and functional appeal of its wearable tech, offering over 100 different AI glasses style combinations across its smart eyewear portfolio.

The Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3) smart glasses are available starting at $449 and are now available for purchase.

New Ray-Bans with Meta’s AI are Coming Soon

April 11, 2024
New Ray-Bans with Meta’s AI are Coming Soon

Newest Ray Ban will be the next best AI Assistant
A report, mentioned that Meta’s Llama 3 model will be integrated into Ray Ban. This will be an improvement to Meta’s previous collaboration with Ray Ban’s smart glasses.

Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer

The previous Ray Ban smart glasses featured a 12 MP camera, touch sensors for volume, voice control, and live-streaming capabilities. The smart glasses are currently available in the US, UK and Canada.

The development in the new AI model is thanks to Yann Lecun.

Meta’s New AI Developments
Yann Lecun is Meta’s chief AI scientist. His team is currently working on a video-based learning model for AI. V-JEPA (or Video Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture) is a model that aims to replicate the real-world observational capabilities of humans. The new learning model will “train” AI to have a foundation to give way to reasoning capabilities.

Yann LeCun, Meta AI Chief from meta.com

In their blog, Meta says that V-JEPA is all about helping AI develop a sense of “perception” to help improve AI assistants. AI assistants in smart glasses like the Ray Ban help provide contextual information for users of said products.

Yann Lecun’s interview with Lex Friedman revealed interesting developments regarding the  competitor to the ChatGPT model. In the interview (in video below), Yann Lecun mentioned that the company is always developing models that will be integrated into consumer products.

People will be excited to know that Meta will release two smaller Llama 3 models in the next few weeks this April. Meta launched Llama 2 in July of 2023. This year, Meta plans to release their newest AI model around the same time.

Aside from the release date, an interesting take is that Meta’s Llama 3 will reportedly match ChatGPT 4’s capabilities. The company is in a race with OpenAI as more and more companies join the AI hype including Google and Bing.

There are no official dates yet for the release for the new model. Aside from the AR glasses, Meta plans to integrate their AI models into Whatsapp.

Facebook announces Ray-Ban Smart Glasses

September 12, 2021
Facebook announces Ray-Ban Smart Glasses

Facebook, the social media giant, has officially announce the first-generation smart glasses called Ray-Ban Stories.

The smart glasses was built-in partnership with Facebook and EssilorLuxottica, Ray-Ban Stories start at $299 USD and will be available for purchase in 20 style combinations online and in select retail stores in the US, as well as Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy and the UK.

Here are some of the notable features and specs of Ray-Ban Stories;

  • Integragted with a 5MP cameras for video and image capture from a first-person perspective.
  • up to 30-second videos using the capture button or hands-free with Facebook Assistant voice commands.
  • A hard-wired capture LED that notify people around you that you’re taking a photo or video.
  • Open-ear built-in speakers with three-microphone audio array for for calls and videos calls.
  • The speaker will be using beamforming technology and a background noise suppression algorithm for better audio.

You can use the new Facebook View app to import, edit and share content captured on Ray-Ban Stories and can be shared on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Twitter, TikTok, Snapchat and more.

Facebook is not the first company to release smart glasses but they may be banking on the idea that this is the perfect time to release a smart glass, since both Google Glass and Snap’s Spectacles, which failed to gain momentum when they release their own respective smart glasses.

Source: Facebook