Last week, Meta surprised everyone with the unveiling of its new smart glasses at the Meta Connect 2025 event. We didn’t get just one, but three new products: the 2nd-gen Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta Vanguard sunglasses, and the Meta Ray-Ban Display, which the Internet has been raving over. Let’s dive into what’s new about them all.
Starting with the 2nd-gen Meta glasses, it resembles the original model with improved battery life, as it can now last up to 8 hours on a single charge, with its charging case adding 48 hours of juice to the mix. It also has a new 12MP camera capable of 3K video up to 60 frames per second, and HDR support with 32GB of storage. The 1st-gen Ray-Ban Meta glasses will also add hyperlapse and slow-motion video capture, along with the 2nd-gen glasses.
The 2nd-gen Meta glasses are available now for $379 for non-prescription lenses, $409 for polarized lenses, $459 for transition lenses, and pricing may vary for prescription lenses.
Next up, we have the 2nd-gen Oakley smart glasses with the Meta Vanguard, which is aimed towards athletes. It has a reflective swappable lens available in different colors. Due to the Oakley’s curve style, Meta placed the 12MP camera in the center of the shades, underneath its bridge, which has a wider 122-degree angle with adjustable video stabilization. It also includes improved battery life, louder speakers, and adds Garmin and Strava integrations.
The new Oakley pre-orders are available now for $499 and will be available on October 21.
And last but not least, we have the premium Meta Ray-Ban Display, which are the company’s 1st AR glasses. These have been the company’s long-rumored next-generation smart glasses. So, outside of everything the regular Meta glasses offer, this adds a translucent HUD (heads-up display) that shows messages, AI prompts, turn-by-turn navigation, live captions and translations, music playback, and video calls. It’s armed with a total of 6 mics and open-ear speakers with Bluetooth, a 12MP camera with 3x zoom and a viewfinder on the HUD display, and up to 6 hours of mixed-use battery life per charge and up to 30 hours with its charging case. Every Meta Display glasses has transition lenses by default. The glasses are paired with a dedicated EMG wristband, dubbed the Meta Neural band, which you’ll need to be fitted for, and it allows you to use gestures to navigate the UI. It touts 18 hours of battery life and an IPX7-rated body.
Meta’s new glasses come with a $800 price tag and will become available on September 30th here in the US, and will become available early next year in Canada, France, Italy, and the UK. It will be available in limited quantities at select retailers such as Best Buy, LensCrafters, Ray-Ban, and Verizon.
