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Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2)
Gen 2 is the default camera/AI Ray-Ban: open-ear audio, Meta AI, 3K capture, up to 8 hours typical use plus a 48-hour case, from $379 (17 September 2025).
Product images
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Placeholder — OEM press not licensedRay-Ban Meta (Gen 2)
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In short
Gen 2 is the default camera/AI Ray-Ban: open-ear audio, Meta AI, 3K capture, up to 8 hours typical use plus a 48-hour case, from $379 (17 September 2025). Buy it to look like glasses and capture/ask/listen. Skip it if you want a private in-lens display (that is Meta Ray-Ban Display) or a USB-C cinema screen (XREAL / VITURE).
Who it is for
- Shoppers who want everyday Ray-Ban frames with Meta AI, open-ear audio, and a built-in camera — the camera/AI job, not a virtual monitor.
- Gen 1 owners specifically shopping the battery and video hop (Meta: up to 8 h typical vs almost 2× Gen 1; 3K Ultra HD vs the prior pixel count).
- People already in Instagram / Facebook / Meta AI who will use livestream and voice capture.
Who should skip it
- Anyone who wants an in-lens display and Neural Band. That is Meta Ray-Ban Display ($799 including the band on 30 September 2025), a different SKU.
- Anyone who wants a 50°+ USB-C cinema screen. XREAL One Pro and VITURE Luma Pro are AR display glasses, not Wayfarers.
- Buyers who refuse a camera. Even G2 and Echo Frames are the camera-free forks on this site.
- Shoppers who only need leftover Gen 1 at the $299 announce price Meta still listed on Gen 2 day.
Key differentiators
- Current Meta camera/AI sell-in: 3K Ultra HD video, ultrawide HDR up to 60 fps, hyperlapse/slow-mo called out as a later-fall 2025 software add.
- OEM battery table Meta actually published: up to 8 hours typical use; case +48 hours; 50% in 20 minutes. Help (en-gb) restates 8 h moderate use / 48 h case.
- Three everyday styles (Wayfarer, Skyler, Headliner) plus seasonal colors on launch day — still glasses, not a headset.
Caveats
- Every hour, 3K, and “2× pixels / 2× battery” line is a Meta claim. GadgetShowdown has not worn or lab-tested Gen 2.
- Meta.com product and legal-disclosure pages returned errors from this research host; numbers here come from about.fb.com newsroom (2025-09-17) and Meta’s en-gb battery help article, accessed 2026-09-19. Re-pull live SKU pages on the next edit.
- Conversation focus was “coming soon” on the newsroom post — do not treat it as a launch-day hardware row.
- Manufacturer photography is not hosted. We do not have a redistribution license.
Glasses-category specs
Same rows on every glasses page (Meta, Oakley, Even, Amazon, XREAL, VITURE). Camera/AI pairs, everyday HUDs, and AR display glasses stay in one grid — missing cells stay asNone or Not published, not deleted rows.
| Attribute | Value | Source / note |
|---|---|---|
| Product family | Camera / AI / audio eyewear | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17Not an AR display / personal-monitor pair. Not Meta Ray-Ban Display. |
| Frame style(s) / SKU | Wayfarer; Skyler; Headliner (plus limited seasonal colors on launch day) | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17 |
| Frame material | Not published | Cited Meta pages |
| Weight | Not published | Cited Meta pages |
| Finishes / colors | Launch post: popular style-and-color combinations plus three limited-time seasonal colors. Lock a SKU on ray-ban.com / meta.com before quoting a colorway. | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17 |
| Display type | None on the glasses — Meta’s Technology 101 page states Ray-Ban Meta does not include a built-in display | Meta AI Glasses Technology 101The in-lens display SKU is Meta Ray-Ban Display. |
| Display resolution | None — no in-lens display | Meta Technology 101 |
| Field of view (OEM) | None — no in-lens display | Meta Technology 101 |
| Peak brightness (OEM) | None — no in-lens display | Meta Technology 101 |
| Refresh rate (OEM) | None — no in-lens display | Meta Technology 101 |
| Virtual screen size (OEM) | None — camera/AI glasses, not a USB-C cinema pair | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17 |
| Tint / electrochromic | Not published | Cited Meta pages |
| Camera | Built-in camera. Launch newsroom (2025-09-17) markets 3K Ultra HD capture and does not restate still-photo megapixels. Later official buyer guide (2026-05-08): “crisp 12 megapixel photos and immersive 3K videos” on the $379 Ray-Ban Meta card | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17; Meta buyer guide, 2026-05-08Cite both dates. Do not treat the 12 MP line as a 2025-09-17 launch-post row, and do not silently call it the Gen 1 sensor. |
| Video capture | 3K Ultra HD; ultrawide HDR; up to 60 fps; more than twice the pixels of the previous generation (Meta’s words) | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17Hyperlapse and slow motion were scheduled as a later-fall 2025 software add across Meta AI glasses. |
| Privacy / recording indicator | FR/ES Display newsroom posts: “comme pour les Ray-Ban Meta, la LED de capture indique … lorsque la caméra est activée” / “al igual que en los lentes Ray-Ban Meta, el LED de captura…”. Family capture-LED sentence — not a Gen 2 launch-newsroom spec row. English Gen 2 newsroom still omits the LED. | Meta FR/ES Display newsroom, 2025-09 |
| Audio / speakers | Open-ear speakers (Meta: music, calls, live translation, and the forthcoming conversation-focus feature) | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17 |
| Microphones | Not republished as a mic count on the Gen 2 newsroom post (accessed 2026-09-19). Gen 1 newsroom (2023-09-27) listed a five-microphone array — do not silently back-port that count. | Cited Meta pages |
| Chip / processor | Not named on the Gen 2 newsroom post (accessed 2026-09-19). Gen 1. | Cited Meta pages |
| Assistant / AI | Meta AI (voice). Live translation expanded to German and Portuguese on announcement day; six-language packs with offline use after download were “soon.” | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17 |
| Battery — glasses (OEM) | Up to 8 hours typical use (English newsroom) / mixed use (DE “gemischter Nutzung”; LATAM “uso mixto”). Same 8-hour number, different adjective — cite both. | Meta newsroom EN 2025-09-17; about.fb.com DE/LATAM Connect; LATAM Display postEnglish Gen 2 newsroom: “almost twice” Gen 1. LATAM Display engineering post: steelcan batteries also went into Gen 2 / HSTN, “aumentando su autonomía en más de 40 %.” Cite both hop lines; keep the 8-hour figure. Do not invent mAh. |
| Battery — case (OEM) | Charging case provides an additional 48 hours on the go (newsroom); help restates up to 48 hours of charging | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17; Meta help |
| Charging (OEM) | Up to 50% in 20 minutes (newsroom). Case + USB-C compatibility is marketed on Meta store FAQ copy. | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17 |
| Power source | Onboard glasses battery + charging case (not USB-C DisplayPort powered) | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17 |
| Water / dust resistance | Not restated on the Gen 2 newsroom post (accessed 2026-09-19). Gen 1 newsroom (2023-09-27) said IPX4 — do not silently copy it onto Gen 2 without a live spec row. | Cited Meta pages |
| Prescription / diopter | Meta store FAQ copy (en-IN Wayfarer Gen 2 page in research): prescription lenses −12.00 to +6.00 SPH+CYL on Meta.com for Ray-Ban Meta. Confirm the live configurator; that is not the Display −4.00 to +4.00 window. | Meta store FAQ (research fetch); re-check on write day |
| IPD / fit | Not published | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17 |
| Controls / input | Voice (“Hey Meta”) plus on-frame capture / touch controls inherited from the Meta glasses family. Neural Band is Display-only. | Meta newsroom; Technology 101 |
| Connection to phone / PC | Companion phone / Meta AI glasses app (Bluetooth-class wearable). Not a USB-C DP monitor. | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17 |
| Device compatibility | Not published | Cited Meta pages |
| Wireless (Bluetooth / Wi-Fi) | Not published | Cited Meta pages |
| Sensors / tracking | No OEM 3DoF/6DoF cinema-tracking claim on Gen 2. These are camera/AI glasses, not XREAL X1 spatial monitors. | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17 |
| App / OS | Meta AI on the glasses; Meta / Instagram / Facebook livestream and sharing as marketed since Gen 1 | Meta newsroom 2025-09-17; Gen 1 newsroom 2023-09-27 |
| US MSRP (dated list) | From $379 USD on 17 September 2025; Gen 1 remained from $299 the same day | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17Street prices go stale. Date the quote. |
| Price band | Camera / AI mid ($300–$400 US launch) | Derived from $379 start |
| Announced | 17 September 2025 (Connect); available that day in most existing Ray-Ban Meta countries | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17 |
| Availability | Launch-day retail in most Ray-Ban Meta countries; Mexico and India “later this fall” 2025; Switzerland and the Netherlands added on the same post; Brazil “soon” | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17 |
Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) extras
Unique to this line or SKU. Other glasses keep the first table aligned and swap this extras list.
| Attribute | Value | Source / note |
|---|---|---|
| Live translation | German and Portuguese added on announcement day; six-language back-and-forth, including airplane mode after downloading packs, was “soon” | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17 |
| Conversation focus | Software feature Meta said was coming soon to Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta HSTN — not a launch-day hardware extra | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17 |
| Leftover Gen 1 | Meta still offered Gen 1 from $299 the day Gen 2 launched | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17 |
| Later Rx styles (2026) | Buyer guide (2026-05-08): Blayzer Optics and Scriber Optics from $499 — later SKUs, not the $379 Wayfarer/Skyler/Headliner launch trio. Do not overwrite the launch styles | Meta newsroom buyer guide, 2026-05-08 |
| Later capture modes | Hyperlapse and slow motion scheduled later fall 2025 across Meta AI glasses | Meta newsroom, 2025-09-17 |
Overview
Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) is Meta’s current camera / AI / audio Wayfarer-class pair. The 17 September 2025 newsroom post sells battery (up to 8 hours typical), 3K Ultra HD video, and Meta AI — not a virtual 150-inch screen. This hub’s public path is /glasses/ray-ban-meta-gen-2/.
Siblings on this site: Meta Ray-Ban Display (in-lens HUD + Neural Band), Oakley Meta HSTN (performance camera/AI), Echo Frames 3rd gen (Alexa, no camera), Even G2 (camera-free everyday HUD). USB-C cinema glasses live at XREAL One Pro and VITURE Luma Pro.
We do not claim we wore these glasses. Superlatives (“world’s best-selling AI glasses,” IDC footnote on the newsroom post) stay labeled as Meta claims.
Display (there isn’t one)
Technology 101 is explicit: Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta do not include a built-in display. Keep the display_* and virtual_screen keys and write None. That is the whole point of a shared glasses-v1 table.
Camera, video, and privacy
Meta’s Gen 2 post names 3K Ultra HD, ultrawide HDR, up to 60 fps, and “more than twice as many pixels” as the prior generation. It does not restate a still-photo megapixel count. The 8 May 2026 buyer guide later prints “crisp 12 megapixel photos and immersive 3K videos” on the $379 Ray-Ban Meta card. Cite both dates. Do not treat 12 MP as a 2025-09-17 launch-post row.
Capture-LED wording is now on FR/ES Display newsroom posts as a Ray-Ban Meta family sentence. The English Gen 2 newsroom still omits the LED.
Battery (OEM table only)
| Mode (Meta’s words) | Gen 2 claim |
|---|---|
| Typical use (newsroom) | Up to 8 hours |
| Moderate usage (en-gb help) | Up to 8 hours |
| Case | Additional / up to 48 hours of charging |
| Fast charge | Up to 50% in 20 minutes |
Do not invent a mAh figure. Do not blend these lines with a UK “36 / 56 hour combined” disclosure unless you cite that legal page.
Audio and Meta AI
Open-ear speakers are the audio product. Live translation added German and Portuguese on announcement day. Conversation focus (amplify the person you are facing) was coming soon for Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta HSTN — software, not a reason to write a hardware win.
Price and SKUs
US start $379 on 17 September 2025. Styles: Wayfarer, Skyler, Headliner. Lock the exact Remix color before you quote a street SKU. Leftover Gen 1 from $299 is a different hub waiting to be written — this page only notes that Meta still sold it.
Sources
- Meta Newsroom — Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) battery and 3K video — accessed 2026-09-19
- Meta Quest Blog — Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) available now (same announce) — accessed 2026-09-19
- Meta Help — Battery life on AI glasses (en-gb) — accessed 2026-09-19
- Meta — AI Glasses Technology 101 (no display on Ray-Ban Meta) — accessed 2026-09-19
- Meta Newsroom — Ray-Ban Meta Gen 1 (2023-09-27) for leftover context only — accessed 2026-09-19
- Meta Newsroom — Which AI Glasses Are Right For You (12 MP stills on $379 Ray-Ban Meta card; 2026-05-08) — accessed 2026-09-19
- Meta Newsroom — Display FR (Ray-Ban Meta family capture LED) — accessed 2026-09-19
Frequently asked questions
Are these the same as Meta Ray-Ban Display?
No. Gen 2 has no in-lens display. Display is a separate $799 US SKU (30 September 2025) that includes Meta Neural Band and a 600×600 monocular waveguide. See /glasses/meta-ray-ban-display/.
Are these the same as XREAL or VITURE glasses?
No. Those are USB-C AR display glasses (personal monitors). Gen 2 is camera/AI eyewear. Do not score FoV or virtual-inch rows against them.
What did Meta actually claim for battery?
Newsroom: up to eight hours typical use, almost twice Gen 1; 50% in 20 minutes; case an additional 48 hours. Help (en-gb): Gen 2 up to 8 hours moderate usage; case up to 48 hours. Quote those lines. Do not invent mAh or blend them with a UK legal combined-hours footnote unless you open that legal page.
Is $379 a street price?
No. $379 is Meta’s published US starting price on 17 September 2025. Gen 1 remained from $299 that day. Re-check meta.com / ray-ban.com on the day you quote a number.
Official product page: Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2). Specs: Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) specs.