Meta Unveils Its Second-generation Of Ray-ban Smart Glasses At Connect

As expected, Meta has introduced caller smart glasses during its Connect convention today. The announcements included a “Gen 2” of nan Ray-Ban Meta glasses, which unit starting astatine $379.

There are a bunch of upgrades complete nan $299 Ray-Ban Meta group that nan duo released successful 2023. Meta highlighted improvements to artillery life, which it says now lasts up to 8 hours pinch "typical use." The included charging lawsuit now provides an further 48 hours of juice, versus 32 hours for nan existent one. The glasses tin besides complaint to 50 percent artillery successful 20 minutes. 

The second-gen glasses are equipped pinch a 12-megapixel camera and connection 3K Ultra HD video capture, pinch “up to 60 frames per second” and HDR support. Meta says it will merchandise updates that adhd hyperlapse and slow-motion video seizure to each of its AI glasses later successful nan fall. The second-gen Ray-Ban Meta has 32GB of retention and is IPX-4 rated for h2o resistance.

On nan style side, nan Gen 2 Ray-Bans beryllium disposable pinch nan aforesaid 3 guidelines frames arsenic nan originals: Wayfarer, Skyler and Headliner. All 3 will beryllium disposable pinch a scope of lenses, including regular, polarized, transitions and prescription. Polarized lenses will costs an further $30, while transitions adhd $80 to nan bill. There’s nary group value for medicine lenses owed to nan innumerable ways our eyes tin suck.

The second-gen Ray-Ban Meta glasses are disposable to acquisition now successful nan US, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Australia, UAE, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland and nan Netherlands. Mexico, India and Brazil will person entree to nan caller glasses "soon." At slightest for now, it seems arsenic though Ray-Ban and Meta will proceed to waste its Gen 1 wearable astatine nan aforesaid $299 value alongside nan caller model.