When you’re recording or taking pictures, a small LED near the camera illuminates to indicate to those around you that you are in recording or snapping mode. On the listening front, the glasses feature two open-ear speakers to handle listening to audio playing from your phone or handling ca...
In short, they have—feeling as lightweight as a pair of regular Ray-Bans while boasting connected features. More From Popular Mechanics I’ve spent the past few months testing the Stories smart glasses in rain, snow, and sunshine. In that time, they virtually replaced my phone and Beats...
Hoping to give its specs a boost, Facebook is putting its tech in Ray-Bans in a partnership with the European company EssilorLuxottica. On Thursday, the companies unveiled Ray-Ban Stories—connected eyewear with built-in speakers and a microphone for making calls, a companion app that isn't ...
These Ray-Bans don’t have displays in the lenses, like the latest Spectacles that were unveiled earlier this year. However, speakers on both sides of the frame can play sound from your phone over Bluetooth, allowing you to take a call or listen to a podcast without pulling your phone ...
Wearing the smart glasses, I can utilize the built-in speakers to guide me. As a bonus, when you get there, you can take a picture of where you parked with your glasses. 2. Cook a meal (Image credit: Future) Whether you’re trying to figure out how to use up that tomato sauce,...
Can I Use Multiple Facebook Accounts With My Raybans? No, you can only use 1 Facebook account with Facebook View and Stories. You will need to do a factory reset of your smart frames in order to change the Facebook account associated with the frames. ...
The thing about smart glasses is that you’ll never wear a pair if they make you look like a low-rent Warby Parker model. Aside from the original Bose Frames, I’ve never really liked the way I’ve looked in smart glasses so far. That’s why it matters that these are Ray-Bans and...
The $1.5tn social media group is planning to add a screen inside the $300 sunglasses it makes and sells in partnership with eyewear group EssilorLuxottica, according to people familiar with the plans. The updated Ray-Bans could be released as early as the second half of 2025, the people sa...
The value proposition of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses is strong. For starters, you are getting a pair of Ray-Ban glasses, which already retail in the hundreds of dollars. Then you get a pair of speakers that sound pretty good, along with a built-in, voice-activated Meta AI...
I wore the Stories for a few weeks, with them on my face for an hour or so at a time, and never had any discomfort. Ray-Ban Stories review: Audio quality Like most smart glasses, the Ray-Ban Stories have a pair of tiny speakers that direct sound towards your ears. Like most smart...