20% Off | Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, Wayfarer Large (Gen 1)

Love my meta glasses… I work construction and have convinced at least 5 other Builders into buying these. At first they are a little cumbersome, and dont feel useful. Press through that… here is a list of positives and negatives.+Catch video from POV while still using hands. (Playing with grandkids, walking a job site, taking videos while riding anything)Texting while driving! Huge benefit for me with sales and project updates. Say who you want to text, and when done, she reads it back.Snap hands-free picsTake a call and continue working with your hands. Yes, I realize earbuds will do the same, but withing an hour of having them in, they hurt. My glasses do not bother me.Set reminders- she will reminds at specified times-Battery only last roughly 6 hours, less if you are listening to music. However they charge in about 20 minsNotifying you of text and reading them while you are talking to someone, like a cashier or customer. Customer was an easy fix as you can ask meta to pause for a specified amount of time.Transitioning lenses are not that dark, but I have grown accustomed to them and its worth the trade off to see indoors

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This is an update to an update to an update. I’ve officially downgraded these glasses to one star. If the Amazon Gods would only let us use negative values I would be even happier. . After almost 10 days of trying to use these things while on our European vacation, I have to declare them the single most defective, most useless device purchased on Amazon (or anywhere) in a very long time. I normally carry both an iPhone and iPad with me. The software is so kludgy that it never knows where or how to connect. The Ai function does not work at all. Period. No amount of fiddling will make it work. This, in spite of the fact that I’ve tried connecting to the US via a VPN. To make things worse is the fact that you will often, and unknowingly, begin to take either photos or videos. I have some stunning photos of my shoes, the carpet, and the bright blue sky. This all happens as you sit in a lounge chair looking goofy because the LED light, which cannot be disabled, blinks to let people know you seem to prefer a video of your shoes rather than the stunning native scenery. People tend to alternate looking at you as both a pervert and an idiot. Good grief, I can’t wait to send these things back to Amazon. The value of this product should be about $10 and be on the rack in the convention store with the other cheap glasses that are more often stolen than purchased. These glasses are so useless as to be really unbelievable. They will not stay connected to any iOS device. They constantly lose Bluetooth connectivity. It seems the Ai function is not available outside the US as it refuses to work in Europe. The glasses refuse to connect to a European WiFi. Whatever you do. Do NOT believe any of the glowing reviews from the YouTube hucksters who are getting free swag and being paid to tout this product. Take it from me. These glasses are not going to do what you want them to do. Rayban you should be ashamed of lending your good name to a carnival side show barker such as Zuckerberg.So, while everyone is posting somewhat rave reviews, let’s discuss the cons of owning these glasses. I bought these glasses for use both on vacation, as well as an addition to my studio cameras that I use for my Edge Of Innovation channel on YouTube.The software is wonky. Seemingly it will not pair with two iOS devices. For example, you cannot pair the device with both your iPhone and IPad. Once paired there is a goofy, convoluted process to do a full reset of the glasses in order to pair with another device. Speaking of using with an iPad…there is no iPad specific app for the glasses. To use the Meta View app one must use the app as an iPhone app in the enlarged view in the portrait mode. Software this bad from two major companies is simply unacceptable in today’s world.As we all know, there is no love lost between Apple and Meta. This becomes clear when using this device. It is my greatest hope that Apple will create a competing device and Sherlock this device from Meta.I should mention that the only reason this is not a 1-star review is because the glasses themselves are okay as far as actually working as sun glasses.

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I recently purchased two pairs of Ray-Ban Meta glasses—one with transition lenses and one with polarized lenses—and they’ve been a game changer for my daily life and content creation. Here’s a breakdown of my experience with both pairs and their features:What I Loved • Hands-Free Content Creation: These glasses have made it incredibly easy to record high-quality videos while keeping my hands free. As a content creator, I love giving my audience a first-person view of what I’m doing, and the ease of snapping photos or shooting videos on the go is unmatched. • Stylish and Discreet Design: The Wayfarer style is a timeless classic, and over 99% of people won’t even realize these are smart glasses. I get all the benefits of advanced tech without sacrificing style. • Polarized Lens Quality: The clarity of the polarized lenses is unreal. They block out the sun beautifully, especially in Florida’s intense sunlight, and make driving feel sharper and more vibrant. • Immersive Sound Quality: Listening to music and taking calls without earbuds is an incredible experience. The sound is immersive, theater-like, and subtle enough that people nearby won’t hear it. I even had a crystal-clear call with my dad, and he had no idea I was using glasses for audio!The Cons • Transition Lenses Fall Short Outdoors: While they’re great indoors, the transition lenses don’t adapt quickly enough to the Florida sun and don’t block out glare as effectively as polarized lenses. If you need strong sun protection, go for the polarized option. • “Hey Meta” Feature is a Letdown: This was the biggest disappointment. The voice assistant is unreliable and drains the battery rapidly. For example, when I asked it to delete a video, it looped endlessly without actually doing it. It also struggled with recognizing objects—I asked about a man-made mountain, and it gave me a completely inaccurate answer. I’ve since turned this feature off. • Battery Life with “Hey Meta”: With the assistant on, the battery drained by 10% for a 3-minute video. Turning it off drastically improved performance—only 1% battery drain for the same recording length. If you want the glasses to last all day, keep “Hey Meta” off. • Fit Needed Adjustments: Out of the box, the glasses were slightly heavy and slid down my nose. Adding nose pads resolved the issue and made them much more comfortable for extended wear.Overall ThoughtsThese glasses excel in hands-free convenience, exceptional call quality, and immersive sound, all wrapped in a stylish, discreet design. While the “Hey Meta” feature fell short and the battery life could be better with it enabled, turning it off made a world of difference.If you’re looking for stylish smart glasses that deliver high-quality content creation and audio, I highly recommend these—especially the polarized lenses. They’ve exceeded my expectations in so many ways and are now a daily essential for me!

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The Ray-Ban Meta Glasses in the Wayfarer style are an absolute game-changer. They look and feel just like classic Ray-Bans — sleek, comfortable, and premium — but with the added magic of built-in Meta tech. The camera quality is excellent for quick photos or short videos, and the audio is clear and immersive without needing earbuds. The audio prompt are very responsive and clear.I love being able to take pictures and record hands-free — it’s perfect for travel, walks, or capturing spontaneous moments. The voice control feature works smoothly, and the companion app makes syncing and sharing content effortless. Battery life is solid for daily use, and the charging case is compact and convenient.Overall, these glasses combine fashion and technology brilliantly. If you love the classic Wayfarer look and want to experience the future of wearable tech, this is absolutely worth it!

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I’ll probably wind up returning these, as the price point is just too high for the amount of functionality I’m getting out of them. The concept is pretty good, but the implementation is really quite poor. The “smart” aspects of these glasses include the ability to use an AI voice assistant, the bluetooth headset, and the integrated camera. The AI assistant is incredibly limited in what it can do — it cannot open apps, it cannot send e-mails, it cannot read texts that are any longer than a few words, it cannot offer translations (audio or visual), it cannot identify objects you’re looking at, it cannot offer directions. Basically, it can read short texts, respond to them, and transmit your ringtone to your face. Cool. I’m sure it has some more functionality, but all the things I’ve tried to do with it have been met with an, “I’m sorry, Dave, I can’t do that.” And what it can do, I can do with a basic $25 bluetooth headset.The bluetooth audio is kind of cool, and uses bone induction. I find it a little tickling when I use it for some music. Kind of a weird feeling. It’s also audible to people around me, whereas my regular bluetooth earbuds are not. And, of course, if you take your shades off, you lose your audio. Still, it was nice to hike with a little music going without earbuds — but I can’t wear them to listen to music while waiting for an appointment inside (unless I wanna be the dude who wears shades inside, or pay an arm and a leg for transition lenses).The camera had some potential to be a leading feature in the device, but it is severely limited. You are only going to get one “lens;” there’s no zooming, there’s no adjusting focus, etc. Spot a really cool bird you want to take a picture of? You’re going to get everything that’s in your field of view in that photo, and better hope it’s at a position in the field to be in focus. The videos are limited to 60-seconds for some reason (even though the glasses can hold several such videos?). And you can only transmit between your phone and the glasses over WiFi, so if you take a bunch of a pictures, you’re not going to get to see what you got until you’re back on WiFi. Meh. I also found the camera timing to be pretty laggy — obviously saying, “Hey Meta, take a picture” takes a few second, but even hitting the button, there’s a delay between that and when the picture is taken — that cool bird is now in a different tree.Perhaps the most annoying aspect of the camera are the “anti creep” technology incorporated into it. It has an audible shutter sound when taking a picture, and an incredibly bright LED that glows whenever the camera is in use, including for video. Neither can be disabled. I can see the LED out of the corner of my eye, and it’s incredibly distracting. Ironically, the audible sound is itself creepy. Take a picture with your glasses in a relatively quiet setting, and everyone turns wondering what the guy with the camera glasses is taking a pic of (and half of them assume it was them). The button to take a picture with the glasses is right at the point I tend to touch to when I adjust the glasses, too, so I have lots of pictures of nothing.The LED video light is so distracting to anyone being recorded — it’s a little like having your flash on when you try to record video. My fiancee cutting her cake? “Can you turn that light in my face off?”For recording things that aren’t people, like my dog, or a bike ride, it can also be problematic. Trying to take a video of my dog playing, who always stops when a camera is aimed at her, she decided “glowy light on my human’s face” must die. Hey, I get that there’s a fear that people will use these things for nefarious purposes, but … let’s face it, if I wanted to do that — and I don’t — there are cheaper and easier ways to do it (including the fact that cell phones are so ubiquitous today, they’re ignored).The charging of these things is just plain silly. You have to plug the case into a USB-C cord, charge the case, then put your glasses into the case to charge them. There’s no way to directly charge your glasses. The case holds about three glasses charges (I got about 3-4 hours per charge on the glasses, which isn’t much). So, if you don’t have your case with you, you can’t charge your glasses. The day I left the case at home, I had “nice shades” that did nothing by lunchtime. It’s one more thing to lose, and the cases is fairly bulky, so not convenient to carry around. I also can’t help but think that charging the battery in the case to charge the battery in the glasses is terribly inefficient.Neat novelty toy, but I can’t say they warrant the very high price tag.

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