Meta launches two new Ray-Ban glasses designed for prescription wearers

Meta announced connected Tuesday that it’s launching 2 Ray-Ban astute glasses that are designed for medicine wearers. While galore radical already usage Meta glasses with medicine lenses, the institution says these caller ones enactment astir each prescriptions and are built to amended service radical who trust connected all-day eyewear.

The caller glasses commencement ​at $499 and volition beryllium disposable astatine optical retailers successful the U.S. ​and prime planetary markets, starting April 14. They volition beryllium disposable successful 2 styles: Blayzer, a rectangular plan disposable successful Standard and Large sizes, and Scriber, a much rounded framework style.

Meta says these glasses are the astir comfy ones it has ever designed, arsenic they’re made for all-day comfort.

Ray-Ban Meta Blayzer Optics (Gen 2) and Ray-Ban Scriber Optics (Gen 2) glasses are designed for a personalized fit, featuring flexible overextension hinges, interchangeable chemoreceptor pads, and temple tips that tin beryllium adjusted by an optician to suit your look shape.

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Meta besides announced that it’s introducing caller colors and lens options for Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta frames. The Ray-Ban Meta Skyler frames volition travel successful Shiny Transparent Peach with Transitions Brown Lenses, Headliner framework successful Matte Transparent Peach with Transitions Grey Lenses, and the Wayfarer framework successful Shiny Transparent Grey with Transitions Sapphire Lenses.

As for the Oakley Meta Vanguard glasses, Meta volition connection them successful Vanguard Black with Prizm Black Lenses, Vanguard White with Prizm Rose Gold Lenses, Vanguard Black with Prizm Transitions Ember Lenses, HSTN Black with Prizm Dark Golf Lenses, and HSTN Light Curry with Clear to Brown Transitions Lenses.

Meta is bringing much AI features to its astute glasses too. The institution says it’s making nutrition tracking connected its glasses easier, arsenic users tin present usage dependable oregon a speedy photograph to log meals hands-free. Meta AI captures cardinal nutrition details and adds them to your nutrient log. Over time, your nutrient log volition present personalized insights to assistance you marque healthier choices.

Meta is besides introducing hands-free WhatsApp summaries and callback into its Early Access Program (EAP). Users volition beryllium capable to ask, “Hey Meta, drawback maine up connected my messages,” for a radical chat summary, oregon inquire for circumstantial details like, “What did Jamie suggest for dinner?” Meta says interactions are processed on-device and stay backstage with end-to-end encryption.

Additionally, Neural Handwriting connected Meta Ray-Ban Display is rolling retired to everyone successful the coming weeks. With this feature, users tin constitute with their digit connected immoderate aboveground to reply to messages silently and discreetly. It works crossed Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and autochthonal Android and iOS messaging.