Meta Unveils Ray-Ban Display Glasses with Integrated Display and Neural Wristband

"...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...."

"...Zuckerberg was clearly more giddy about the launch of the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses than anything else announced at Meta Connect 2025...."

"...I found it to be pretty comfortable, and within a few minutes I didn't think about being on my wrist...."

"...But I especially loved being able to frame photos and videos with the screen before shooting or to adjust the framing during a video recording...."

"...You can even use the pinch-and-wrist-twist gesture to zoom up to 3x...."

"...You can then preview the photos or videos on the glasses and text them to someone or post them on social media without having to use your phone...."

"...One of the smartest things I saw the glasses do in my time trying them was the live captioning feature, where I identified the person standing right in front of me as the one I wanted it to focus on, and it transcribed only their words while ignoring the words in conversations of other people in the same room...."

"...You could easily imagine being in a noisy place and having the device only pay attention to the person you were talking to and transcribing their words on the screen while drawing out the words of others around you...."

"...In fact, this would be super helpful when having an important conversation with someone in a loud room so that you could catch everything they were saying...."

"...Similarly, the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses seemed to be better at acting only on my voice when using voice commands and not being distracted by the voices of people around me who were also talking...."

"...That is a much smarter feature than the standard Meta Ray-Bans and Meta Oakley glasses are currently capable of...."

"...Another one of the smart things I saw the glasses do came when prompting the AI...."

"...I asked for a recipe of banana bread and the AI went out to the internet and found one and then organized it into a series of cards that i could swipe through to view step-by-step...."

"...This would have been a lot nicer to use hands-free in the kitchen rather than getting food on my phone, tablet, or laptop...."

"...Something else that looked interesting but I didn't get to try was the ability to respond to a short text message by using the hand with the wristband to write the letters and then allow the device to turn them into words in a message...."

"...It's like using an invisible stylus -- definitely looking forward to testing that...."

"...Other things the glasses can do include video calling your friends to let them see what you see and turn-by-turn walking directions (in 28 cities to start, because Meta is doing its own mapping)...."

"...Lastly, another one of the features that Meta talked about on stage but I didn't get to try was Live AI...."

"...The idea with this feature is that the glasses can see what you see and hear what you hear...."

"...So you can start a Live AI session when someone is about to give you some important information that you need to remember, like instructions, explanations, sharing an important idea, or a message to give to someone else...."

"...Then, it can take notes, make a summary, record steps to remember, and generally make sure you get it right without missing important details...."

"...I'm looking forward to trying the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses in the weeks and months ahead and reporting back on what I learn...."

"...You can expert to see a lot more hands-on perspectives, reviews, and feature breakdowns here on ZDNET...."

"...And keep an eye out, because we're also expecting a lot more smart glasses to be released over the next 6-12 months, including Google's re-entry into the space with new glasses powered by Android XR...."

"...The Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses are an early adopter product, boarding on a dev kit...."

"...Let's be honest that $800 is a ton to spend on a pair of glasses...."

"...But wow, what a futuristic pair of glasses they are...."

"...We have to be honest that they are going to give you a taste of the future for the next year, but they could quickly get superseded by other new products from Meta, Google, and others within the next 12-18 months...."

"...So if you buy these, you probably shouldn't think of this as an investment in a pair of glasses that you'll be wearing for 2-3 years...."

"...You should be an early adopter who lives at the cutting edge of tech and either wants or needs to stay out front on the latest innovations because it's your work or your No. 1 hobby...."