Overview
- Meta’s $799 Ray‑Ban Display launched in select U.S. stores with a right‑lens heads‑up display for messages, navigation, captions and media, paired with a Neural Band wrist controller that reads finger gestures via sEMG.
- Sales are in-store with demos at Best Buy and select Ray‑Ban, LensCrafters and Sunglass Hut locations, plus Meta Lab pop‑ups, with Verizon retail support expected soon and international availability planned for 2026.
- Early hands‑on coverage and reviews of Meta’s latest glasses note stronger battery life and higher‑resolution video, inconsistent Meta AI behavior, and renewed privacy concerns about discreet recording despite indicator lights.
- Bloomberg reports Apple has paused a lighter, cheaper Vision Pro (N100) to reassign engineers to at least two glasses projects, including a tethered N50 without a display that could be previewed next year ahead of a 2027 launch, and a display model with accelerated timelines.
- Apple is still expected to ship a modest Vision Pro refresh with a faster chip this year, with its glasses strategy reported to lean on voice interaction and a rebuilt Siri targeted for 2026.