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Meta AI is the assistant inside Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta, Meta Glasses and Meta Ray-Ban Display. Here is what it does on each model, which languages and countries get which features, the privacy settings worth knowing, and what changes when Muse arrives.
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Snap's first AR glasses for consumers cost $2,195 and are due to ship this fall in the US, the UK and France. They fit a 51-degree display, two Snapdragon chips and the battery into a frame of 132 to 136 grams, after a decade of Spectacles.
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XREAL Aura is the first pair of see-through glasses to run Google's Android XR. Orders opened Oct. 28 in the US, Canada and South Korea at a launch price from $1,099, with shipments starting in mid-November. The glasses weigh under 95 grams and connect to a pocket puck that runs the apps.
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Apple sells one Vision Pro, the M5 model from October 2025, and since June it starts at $3,699. Here is what it costs, what's inside, what visionOS 27 adds, where you can buy it and what Apple is reportedly planning next.
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There's no single best pair of smart glasses. The right one depends on whether you want a camera, a display, a big screen for movies or just audio. Here are the strongest options for each need, based on official specs and US prices.
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Oakley Meta and Ray-Ban Meta run the same assistant and the same app. They differ in the frame: water resistance, lenses, microphones, prescription range and the fitness features only Vanguard has.
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Oakley Meta HSTN puts a 12MP camera, open-ear speakers and Meta AI into Oakley's HSTN frame. It starts at $399, and it is the Oakley Meta model you can order with prescription lenses.
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Oakley Meta Vanguard is Meta's AI glasses for high-intensity sport: a wraparound frame with a centered camera, louder speakers, an IP67 rating and live stats from a Garmin. It costs $499.
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Meta Ray-Ban Display and Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 are $350 apart. The Display adds a screen in the lens and a wristband to control it. Gen 3 has no screen, but it lasts longer, records sharper video and takes stronger prescriptions.
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Meta Ray-Ban Display costs $799 in the US with the Neural Band. You can now order it online in six countries, size the band with your phone or book an in-store demo to try it first.
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The Meta Neural Band reads the electrical signals your wrist muscles make when you move your fingers and turns them into commands for Meta Ray-Ban Display. It comes in three sizes, and the fit decides how well it works.
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Smart glasses now come with no screen, a small screen you glance at, or a see-through display that places graphics in the room. Here's what separates AI glasses, display glasses, screen glasses and AR glasses, with real models and prices.
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Most smart glasses can be made with prescription lenses, but the supported ranges, how you order and what it costs vary a lot. Here are the official options for every major model, from Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta to Even Realities and XREAL inserts.
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Taking photos in public is generally legal, but smart glasses also record sound, and that's where federal and state wiretap laws come in. Here's how consent rules work, where recording is off-limits and what employers and venues can ban.
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Camera glasses tell people nearby that they're recording with a small light on the frame. Here's what that light shows on Meta, Oakley and Snap glasses, when it stays dark, and why regulators in Europe and Australia say a light isn't enough.
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Camera glasses look like ordinary frames, and their recording light is easy to miss. Here's how to tell when someone might be filming, what happens to the images, where the law protects you and what you can do if you'd rather not be recorded.
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Meta AI owns smart glasses, Gemini is on watches, earbuds and a headset with glasses coming, and Siri just got rebuilt for the Apple Watch, AirPods and Vision Pro. Here is what each assistant can actually do on the devices you wear, and which one fits your phone.
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If you own Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta, Meta Glasses or Meta Ray-Ban Display, the Meta AI app is how you set them up, import your photos and control what Meta stores. It used to be called Meta View. Here is what it does, where its settings live and what changed with the rename.
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Meta's VR Glasses put micro-OLED displays into a pair of glasses of about 100 grams, tethered to a pocket puck. They go on sale in spring 2027 for $1,299.99. Meta says they're five times lighter than Quest 3, and they have Meta AI built into the system.
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Meta raised Quest prices in April, and in September it announced $1,299.99 VR Glasses that run the same apps. Here is what Quest 3 and Quest 3S cost now, how they differ and where the new glasses fit.
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Galaxy XR is the first headset to run Google's Android XR, with Gemini built in. A year after launch it still costs $1,799.99 in the US. Here is what you get, what has changed since October 2025 and how it stacks up against Apple Vision Pro.
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Android XR is the version of Android that Google built for headsets and smart glasses, with Gemini at its center. Here is what it does, which devices run it now, which are coming and how it compares with Apple's and Meta's platforms.
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Gemini is built into Android XR, so it can see your apps and, if you allow it, your room. Here is what it does today on Samsung's Galaxy XR headset, how to control what it sees, and what Google says it will do on the audio glasses arriving this fall.
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Apple hasn't announced smart glasses, but Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and analyst Ming-Chi Kuo have reported a lot about them. None of it is confirmed by Apple, and the expected release has slipped from 2026 to late 2027.
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