The long wait for Meta’s next-gen smart glasses is finally over, as the company unveiled it’s Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, as they’re called, today.
Heavily revamped when compared to it’s predecessor, the new Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses have improved camera, audio, easier controls and live streaming support. Users can even post the recorded content directly onto their social media platforms, says Meta.
Meta’s Next-Gen Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
Meta finally unveiled it’s next-gen smart glasses, Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, in today’s event at Menlo Park. The new glasses have improved in many sections, making them a tough competitor, if not the best choice among current smart glasses like Boss Frames, Snapchat’s Spectacles and the recently launched Amazon’s Echo Frames.
The new glasses sport a 12MP wide-angle camera that can record videos at 1080p/60fps, though clips are restricted to just 60 seconds and to store all of them, it has a 32GB of internal storage. To compare, the first-gen Ray-Ban Stories has a mediocre camera that tops images at 5MP, while videos were capped at a 1,184 x 1,184 resolution and just 30 fps. And for storage, all it got was just 4GB.
That said, the new smart glasses are much better in every case. A great addition aside from these improvements is the further live stream support, where it can stream the footage to Facebook or Instagram with the help of a nearby paired device.
Regarding audio, the new Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses have five built-in mics for spatial audio recording and a receiver hidden in the nose to improve voice quality during calls. Meta also refined the speakers to blast 50% louder sounds than it’s predecessor while also leaking less noise to keep your surroundings undisturbed.
And to our surprise, these smart glasses support spatial audio too, although it’s unclear if they keep live streaming from audio from apps like Tidal or Apple Music. So you better have relevant audio stored on your glasses to listen to.
Concerning privacy, Meta made the LED indicator on the front much brighter while recording to let people know that they’re being watched. While it’s available on previous smart glasses too, it’s dim and allows users to cover it to make it invisible. Thus, Meta made it brighter and if it’s covered, it’ll stop recording the content!
Finally, the new product comes with a second frame called the Headliner, on top of the shiny and matte black frames. There’s even an option to add polarised lenses or prescription glasses, too. They charge through a USB-C port, which Meta says should last around six hours of mixed-use(or four hours if you’re livestreaming) and with the case holding around eight additional charges, it makes up to 36 hours of usage.
Pricing and Availability
Coming in three colour options: jeans, caramel and a smokey Rebel Black, the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are priced at $299, $329 with polarised lenses or $379 for transition lenses. They’re available for pre-order today, with official sales from October 17 onwards.
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