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Meta Ray-Bans Gen 2, With Better Battery and Camera, Go on Sale Now for $379

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-18 10:07:00

The 2-year-old Meta Ray-Bans, which currently top my list of the best smart glasses, have been a pretty great everyday pair of smart glasses for me, except for when the battery runs out. Which happens often. But that may not be happening as much anymore with Meta Ray-Bans Gen 2, which Meta announced on Wednesday. They're available immediately for $379, which is $80 more than the originals, but they promise twice the battery life and improved images from the built-in camera. Meta's got some AI

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Facebook owner unveils new AI-powered smart glasses

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-09-19 05:22:02

Facebook owner unveils new AI-powered smart glasses 4 hours ago Share Save Lily Jamali North America Technology Correspondent, Menlo Park, CA Share Save Reuters Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the new smart glasses on Wednesday Meta has unveiled a new range of smart glasses powered by its artificial intelligence (AI) tech, as it expands its bet that they will be a must-have accessory for users around the world. At its annual developers conference "Meta Connect," the social media giant's bo

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I used the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, and they offer 2 breakthroughs to take us beyond smartphones

zdnet.com Jason Hiner 2025-09-19 03:01:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I got to wear the new Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses at Meta Connect 2025 on Wednesday. And while they are a long way from replacing your smartphone, they are good enough to make it clear that smart glasses are a lot better when they include a heads-up display. From what I experienced on Wednesday, we're definitely taking a step toward a world where we spend less time with our heads buried in our smartphones. Also: Meta Conn

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Facebook owner unveils new range of AI-powered smart glasses

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-09-19 09:41:45

Facebook owner unveils new range of AI-powered smart glasses Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the new smart glasses on Wednesday The event comes as the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp owner faces ongoing scrutiny over the impact of its products, particularly on children. The firm also introduced a so-called neural wristband that pairs with its Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses to allow users to carry out tasks like sending messages with small hand gestures. At its annual developers conference

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Mark Zuckerberg unveils $799 Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-09-19 07:02:25

At the Meta Connect developer conference, Mark Zuckerberg, head of the Facebook group Meta, shows the prototype of computer glasses that can display digital objects in transparent lenses. Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday unveiled the $799 Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, the social media company's first consumer-ready smart glasses with a built-in display. The glasses, which costs $799, contain a small digital display that can be controlled via hand gestures through a wristband powered by neural tech

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I tried Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, and they offer 2 breakthroughs to take us beyond smartphones

zdnet.com Jason Hiner 2025-09-19 08:01:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I got to wear the new Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses at Meta Connect 2025 on Wednesday. And while they are a long way from replacing your smartphone, they are good enough to make it clear that smart glasses are a lot better when they have a heads-up display. From what I experienced on Wednesday, we're definitely taking a step toward a world where we spend less time with our heads buried in our smartphones. Also: Meta Connect

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I tried the Meta Oakley Vanguard smart glasses, and I'm ready to ditch my Ray-Bans for them

zdnet.com Kerry Wan 2025-09-19 08:02:00

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The Meta Oakley Vanguards start at $499 and come in four shades. They're based on the classic Sphaera design. The glasses pair with Garmin for real-time workout info. I'm not a professional snowboarder, nor will I ever bike down a mountain like I have nine lives, but putting on the new Meta Oakley Vanugard glasses this week sure gave me false hope. The Vanguards were introduced at Meta Connect th

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Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Now Have a Screen and a Magic Wristband

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-09-19 06:27:06

Meta’s Ray-Bans are back with a new generation, and this time they’re finally giving people the one thing they really want—a screen. At Meta’s annual Connect developer conference, the company officially took the wraps off its Meta Ray-Ban Display, which are, as the name suggests, its first pair of AI-infused smart glasses to come with a full-color in-lens display. The smart glasses, which still bear the same Ray-Ban branding, will cost $799 and are available for preorder today. As you might exp

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Meta Ray-Ban Display Hands-On: The Smart Glasses You Were Waiting For

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-09-19 06:27:55

There’s one thing people want to know when they see my first-gen Ray-Ban smart glasses, and it’s got nothing to do with AI, or cameras, or the surprisingly great open-ear audio they put out. They want to know what’s probably front-of-mind right now as you’re reading this: Do they have a screen in them? The answer? Sadly, no… until now. At Meta Connect 2025, Meta finally unveiled its Ray-Ban Display smart glasses that, as you may have gathered from the name, have a screen in them. It doesn’t sou

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Meta’s New Wraparound Smart Glasses Are the Most Oakley Oakleys You Can Buy

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-09-19 06:55:41

Ray-Ban wasn’t the only collaboration that got some shine at Meta Connect. The company also took the wraps (no pun intended) off a pair of wraparound shades designed by Oakley and, like its recently released HSTN smart glasses, designed more with sporty types in mind. Outside of the differing glasses shape, the $499 Meta Oakley Meta Vanguard (yes, that’s the official name in that order) specs also have a centered camera that’s meant to be better suited for capturing footage during “action” spor

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Meta unveils its new Oakley Meta Vanguard smart glasses for athletes

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-09-19 06:15:06

At Meta Connect 2025 on Wednesday, the company unveiled its new Oakley Meta Vanguard smart glasses that are geared toward runners, cyclists, and other athletes. The glasses retail for $499 and are launching on October 21. Meta Connect is the social networking giant’s biggest conference of the year, where it unveils smart glasses and VR headsets. The glasses feature a large unified front lens, instead of having two cameras positioned at the top corners of the frames, which is in previous Meta s

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Meta unveils new smart glasses with a display and wristband controller

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-09-19 06:25:39

Meta on Wednesday unveiled a new pair of Ray-Ban branded smart glasses with a built-in display for apps, alerts, and directions on the right lens. The smart glasses are controlled by a wristband that picks up on subtle hand gestures, called Meta Neural Band, the same one it unveiled at last year’s Connect as part of its Orion demo. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new product, called Meta Ray-Ban Display, onstage at the company’s annual developer conference, Meta Connect 2025. Unlike Orion, Zu

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Meta Connect 2025 live updates: Ray-Bans 2, Hypernova smart glasses, Oakley, more

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2025-09-20 02:47:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Meta Connect 2025 kicks off today, and the company is expected to showcase several new products and use the event to sharpen its XR strategy toward AI-driven hardware that can be worn and used today. Last year's Connect 2024 conference brought some notable improvements to its Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses, including multimodal video support, live translations, and natural language processing. Also: 5 Meta Ray-Ban upgrades tha

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New study will track 40,000 Garmin smartwatch users to better understand pregnancy outcomes

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-09-20 08:56:00

Matthew Miller/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Garmin and King's College London are studying pregnancy. It could help understand exercise's role during pregnancy. It aims to reduce gestational diabetes and hypertension. Research institutions are increasingly using wearable gadgets to carry out their health studies. On Tuesday, Garmin announced a collaboration with King's College London for its Enhanced Maternal and Baby Results with AI-supp

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Garmin's new smartwatch for kids costs more than the Apple Watch SE

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-20 18:31:34

Garmin just announced a refresh of its Bounce smartwatch for kids and the big headline is the exorbitant price. It costs $300, which is twice the cost of the previous generation and $50 more than an Apple Watch SE. The Bounce 2 still offers tracking and communication features, both powered by an LTE connection. The exterior has been completely redesigned, with a rounded 1.2-inch AMOLED display. The original model was square-ish, resembling an Apple Watch. Communication is better here, which is

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New study will track 60,000 Garmin smartwatch users to better understand pregnancy outcomes

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-09-20 18:56:41

Matthew Miller/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Garmin and King's College London are studying pregnancy. It could help understand exercise's role during pregnancy. It aims to reduce gestational diabetes and hypertension. Research institutions are increasingly using wearable gadgets to carry out their health studies. On Tuesday, Garmin announced a collaboration with King's College London for its Enhanced Maternal and Baby Results with AI-supp

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TCL’s new smart lock squeezes four unlocking methods into a door knob

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-09-20 18:33:38

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. TCL has launched a new budget-friendly smart lock that incorporates all of the electronics into a door knob, making it easy to install on interior home doors that don’t have a dedicated dead bolt. The K1 is available now for $79, and TCL says it will operate for up to 12 months on a set of four AAA batteries that also squeeze inside the interior

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This smartphone telescope brought tears to my eyes with stunning photos - how it works

zdnet.com Allison Murray 2025-09-21 16:30:25

Vaonis Hestia ZDNET's key takeaways The Vaonis Hestia is a smartphone telescope device that retails for $300. The Hestia does well at capturing detailed photos of planets and the stars, and an intuitive app helps guide you. It is an expensive device that takes some getting used to, and the better smartphone camera you have, the better quality photos you will get. $299 at B&H Photo-Video Amidst all the doomscrolling, TV binging, and overworking, we've forgotten to look up at the sky every once

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Wyze’s new palm-scanning door lock has a second, backup battery

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-09-22 14:14:49

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Wyze has announced its first smart door lock that can be opened by simply hovering your open hand over it. The Wyze Palm Lock is launching today for $129.98 making it more affordable than similar palm-scanning smart locks including the $359.99 Philips Smart Deadbolt that launched last year. But your palm isn’t the only way to unlock it. If it’s t

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The first Roku-powered smart projector is here

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-23 06:31:55

Folks in the US can now snap up the first smart projector that's powered by Roku tech. The Aurzen Roku TV Smart Projector D1R Cube is available on Amazon for a regular price of $250. Until October 1, though, there's a coupon that drops the price to $180 (a discount of $70). There was a Roku-branded 3M projector that arrived all the way back in 2012 , but that required a Roku Streaming Stick. The new Aurzen model has Roku's operating system built in. You'll be able to operate this projector usi

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First smart projector with Roku TV built-in is here, and you can buy it now

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-23 10:00:10

Aurzen & Roku TL;DR The first smart projector with the Roku TV interface is now available for sale. The D1R Cube is made by Aurzen and supports Roku’s ecosystem of products, including wireless speakers, soundbars, and sub-woofers. The projector weighs just 4 lbs. and can project screens measuring up to 150 inches. Roku offers a diverse lineup of smart TVs, which includes its self-branded TV models, as well as those from other brands that license its software. It recently expanded into the ca

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Live Updates From Meta Connect 2025 🔴

gizmodo.com Raymond Wong 2025-09-22 16:56:04

It’s Mark Zuckerberg’s turn to get on stage and yap about how his company, Meta, is leading the way with the metaverse—oops, we meant artificial superintelligence (whatever that means)—at the annual Meta Connect 2025 developer conference. Connect takes place from Sept. 17 through Sept. 18, but the first day is when Zuckerberg will be keynoting, likely talking up the combined effectiveness of all the handsomely paid AI researchers he’s hired in the past few months. We’re also expecting him to an

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Meta’s new smart glasses are coming this week

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-09-23 14:00:00

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Meta’s next big Connect conference is nearly here, and this year, we’re expecting to see a lot of news about glasses. AI-focused hardware is all the rage, and Meta arguably already has the best gadgets around in its Ray-Ban and Oakley glasses. At this year’s show, we’re expecting to se

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Meta Connect 2025: AI-powered smart glasses take center stage

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-09-23 23:00:01

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tries on Orion AR glasses at the Meta Connect annual event at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., September 25, 2024. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo Meta spent billions of dollars unsuccessfully trying to make virtual reality catch on with consumers. As it shifts its metaverse bet toward smart glasses, investors will be watching to see how the public responds. The social media company is set to unveil its most advanced smart glasses yet on Wednesday at

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Nothing wants to build ambitious new products, including smart glasses

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-23 20:45:52

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Nothing’s CEO Carl Pei has shared his vision about the company’s expansion into other product categories. The executive says the company will focus on AI-driven hardware experiences beyond smartphones. He stresses the need for hardware-agnostic operating systems that will adapt to multiple hardware interfaces, such as smart glasses, humanoid robots, EVs, and more. Over the past several months, stagnation of smartphone-related innovation has been a consta

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Meta just leaked its new smart glasses with a built-in display ahead of Meta Connect

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-24 10:13:26

For the past few months, multiple outlets reported that Meta was likely to announce its first display-enabled smart glasses at its yearly Connect event, scheduled for September 17. Today, an unlisted YouTube video all but confirmed many of its rumored features. Here are the details. The glasses feature a smart band for interface control Meta’s partnership with EssilorLuxottica is perhaps one of the best-timed deals in recent tech history. When Meta released the first-gen RayBan smart glasses,

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SmartGym app adds clever Apple Intelligence integrations, visual overhaul, more

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-24 14:05:19

For the past few years, SmartGym has been my copilot during every single gym session I’ve had. Now, thanks to iOS 26 and Apple’s Foundation Models framework, it has gotten even better and more useful. Here are the details. As with many app updates this week, SmartGym is now fully adapted to Apple’s Liquid Glass design, making it feel native to the new system right from the get-go. As SmartGym CEO explains it, he went beyond the standard Liquid Glass implementation guidelines, and further adopt

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Looks Like Meta’s First Smart Glasses With a Screen Will Be Ray-Bans After All

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-09-24 18:26:37

We might only be days away from Meta’s next pair of smart glasses, but there’s still time for one last leak—and this one is a doozy. Meta’s smart glasses, which are expected to roll out this week during Meta’s Connect conference, will likely bear Ray-Ban branding after all, and we may have just gotten a very official look. An unlisted video spotted on Meta’s YouTube channel and first reported on by UploadVR seems to confirm a lot of what we expected about Meta’s next pair of smart glasses. The

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What to expect from Meta Connect 2025 this week: Ray-Ban smart glasses, Hypernova, more

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2025-09-25 01:59:00

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Meta is hosting its Connect event on Sept. 17 and 18, where it will announce its latest hardware and software developments. We're expecting to see several pairs of new smart glasses, including the successor to the Meta Ray-Bans, and more on Meta AI. Livestreams on Facebook, Meta's website, and the Quest Horizon platform will be open for public viewing. Meta Connect 2025 will take place on Sept. 17

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I tested Acer's $299 smart monitor, and it's a tariff-smart option I can get behind

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2025-09-25 02:22:00

Acer Nitro 27-inch smart display GA271U ZDNET's key takeaways Acer's Nitro GA271U P smart display is available now for $299. It's a solid budget smart monitor with a matte, 27-inch IPS WQHD display and 180Hz refresh rate. However, the speakers leave much to be desired. View now at B&H Photo-Video When Acer entered the smart monitor market with the Nitro GA271U P smart display, it took aim at competitors like Samsung, LG, and Asus with a comparable but more affordable option starting at $299.

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Meta Ray-Bans Gen 2, With Better Battery and Camera, Go on Sale Now for $379

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I used the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, and they offer 2 breakthroughs to take us beyond smartphones

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I tried Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, and they offer 2 breakthroughs to take us beyond smartphones

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Meta Ray-Ban Display Hands-On: The Smart Glasses You Were Waiting For

Meta’s New Wraparound Smart Glasses Are the Most Oakley Oakleys You Can Buy

Meta unveils its new Oakley Meta Vanguard smart glasses for athletes

Meta unveils new smart glasses with a display and wristband controller

Meta Connect 2025 live updates: Ray-Bans 2, Hypernova smart glasses, Oakley, more

New study will track 40,000 Garmin smartwatch users to better understand pregnancy outcomes

Garmin's new smartwatch for kids costs more than the Apple Watch SE

New study will track 60,000 Garmin smartwatch users to better understand pregnancy outcomes

TCL’s new smart lock squeezes four unlocking methods into a door knob

This smartphone telescope brought tears to my eyes with stunning photos - how it works

Wyze’s new palm-scanning door lock has a second, backup battery

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First smart projector with Roku TV built-in is here, and you can buy it now

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Meta’s new smart glasses are coming this week

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Meta just leaked its new smart glasses with a built-in display ahead of Meta Connect

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Looks Like Meta’s First Smart Glasses With a Screen Will Be Ray-Bans After All

What to expect from Meta Connect 2025 this week: Ray-Ban smart glasses, Hypernova, more

I tested Acer's $299 smart monitor, and it's a tariff-smart option I can get behind

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