Meta Unveils Ray-Ban Glasses With Built-In Display, AI Features, and Fitness Integrations

Menlo Park, California – Sept. 17, 2025: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled the company’s boldest wearable yet — the new Meta Ray-Ban Displays, a stylish line of smart glasses with a tiny display hidden inside the lens. Unlike previous attempts at mixed reality, this isn’t about escaping into the virtual world, but about blending digital assistance into daily life.

Meta Ray-Ban AI Glasses

Stylish Glasses With AI at the Core

The Meta Ray-Ban Displays look like regular sunglasses or prescription glasses, but with AI-powered features that let users view messages, photos, navigation, and notifications — all without breaking eye contact with the real world.

“Glasses are the ideal form factor for personal super intelligence,” Zuckerberg said at the Meta Connect 2025 event. “They help you communicate better, improve your memory, and enhance your senses while keeping you present in the moment.”

Key Features

• Miniature Display: Projects data just above the right lens, appearing as though it’s floating a few feet away.

• AI Assistant: Acts as translator, navigator, memory aid, and even entertainment hub.

• Battery Life: Up to 9 hours of use, 36 hours with charging case, and 50% charge in just 20 minutes.

• Fitness Integrations: Compatible with Garmin and Strava, allowing users to check heart rate, pace, and workout progress via quick-read LED indicators.

• Autocapture Mode: Automatically records highlight reels of workout milestones, with Strava overlays for instant sharing.

The Demo Glitches

Not everything went smoothly during the live demo. When Zuckerberg attempted to showcase AI cooking instructions, the assistant faltered with irrelevant outputs. Later, during a video call demo with Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth, the accept button failed to appear, prompting Bosworth to laugh it off: “We’ll debug that later.”

Why It Matters

Meta has been experimenting with smart glasses for over a decade, but this new generation might finally strike the balance between style, functionality, and futuristic utility. By integrating AI, fitness tools, and everyday connectivity into a familiar Ray-Ban design, Meta hopes to make smart glasses mainstream — and directly challenge the dominance of smartphones.