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Ray-Ban Meta, Meta Ray-Ban Display, Snap Specs, Android XR and every pair of glasses that puts AI on your face: launches, features, prices and what they are really like to live with.
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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'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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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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Google's Android XR runs on one headset you can buy today. XREAL's see-through Aura glasses are open for orders at launch pricing from $1,099 through the end of the year and ship in mid-November. Samsung's glasses are reported for mid-December, and glasses with a display have no date yet.
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Samsung's first glasses, built with Google and designed with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, have cleared the FCC. Reports conflict on timing: a Samsung official told The Korea Herald they launch in November, while Chosunbiz reports mid-December. Samsung still hasn't announced a price or a name, and some of the details come only from leaks.
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Even Realities makes camera-free glasses that show green text and graphics in both lenses, for notes, translation, prompts and notifications without taking out your phone. The G2, which replaced the G1 last November, costs $599 and adds a sharper display, four microphones and up to two days of battery.
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XREAL's US store lists nine pairs of glasses, from $199 to $1,499 at regular prices, and the names don't make the differences obvious. The differences come down to a chip, the field of view, the refresh rate and whether the glasses run apps of their own.
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A tracker of the smart glasses due in the coming months, with each company's announced price and timing and a link to the source. Reports about products that haven't been announced are kept separate and attributed.
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Meta Ray-Ban Display is on sale in six countries. It reached the US in September 2025 and the UK, Canada, France, Italy and Germany a year later, after a delay Meta blamed on demand.
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Google Glass went from a skydiving stunt in 2012 to a $1,500 prototype, a backlash over privacy and looks, a second life in factories and a final shutdown in 2023. Google is now back with Android XR glasses, made with Samsung and eyewear brands and due this fall.
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Smart glasses went from a $1,500 developer gadget that some bars banned to millions of Ray-Bans a year. Here are the launches that shaped the category, with dates, prices and sources, from Google Glass to Meta Ray-Ban Display and Snap Specs.
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When Ray-Ban Meta glasses or their case stop charging, Meta says the cause is usually dirty contacts, heat or a charger the case won't accept. Here's how to find which one it is and fix it, from the quickest check to a case reset.
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