Meta Launches Ray-Ban Smart Glasses and Neural Band to Redefine Wearable Tech

At its Connect event on September 17, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the company’s newest wearable technology: the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses and the matching Meta Neural Band. Meta’s first AI glasses with a full-colour, high-resolution in-lens display are the Ray-Ban Display.

Users can preview images, check messages, and respond to AI prompts without glancing down at their phones thanks to the glasses. The display, in contrast to conventional smart glasses, is made for quick, glanceable interactions and is discrete when not in use.

What is Meta’s New Neural Band?

Each pair comes with the Meta Neural Band, a wrist-worn gadget that uses minor hand gestures to control the spectacles by deciphering electrical impulses from the wearer’s muscles. In addition to allowing hands-free navigation, this electromyography (EMG) technology may eventually enable users to discreetly “write” messages using finger motions, as Mark Zuckerberg demonstrated during the presentation. The spectacles, which weigh only 69 g and are modelled after Ray-Ban’s Wayfarer design, integrate microphones, speakers, cameras, and the revolutionary display.

According to Meta, the display reaches over 42 pixels per degree, which is a leading industry standard for a device of this size. With a battery life of up to six hours for mixed use and 30 hours with the portable charging case, the glasses also come with photochromatic Transitions lenses. Additionally, they have a peak brightness of 5,000 nits.

The Neural Band is IPX7 water-resistant, comes in three sizes, and has a battery life of up to eighteen hours. Meta highlights that only command events are sent to the glasses; all raw EMG data is processed on-device.

Pricing of Meta’s New Products

The Meta Ray-Ban Display will go on sale in the US on September 30 at a few shops, including Best Buy, LensCrafters, Ray-Ban Stores, and Verizon. The price of the sunglasses and band is $799. Early 2026 is when it will be available internationally in Canada, France, Italy, and the UK.

Zuckerberg presented the launch as a component of Meta’s larger initiative to position wearables with AI as the next computing platform. He said at the launch event that today is the beginning of the next phase for wearable technology in general and AI glasses in particular.