Meta launches new ‘prescription optimized’ smart glasses

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March 31, 2026, 3:16 PM

• •New Ray-Ban Meta Optics Styles released with prescription-optimized options.
• •AI-powered nutrition logging and hands-free WhatsApp summaries are coming to the glasses.
• •Display users are getting new games and handwriting features.

Meta has released new Ray-Ban Meta Optics Styles, prescription-optimized smart glasses available for preorder, addressing a key adoption barrier by accommodating a wider range of vision needs. These glasses, coming in 'Blayzer' and 'Scriber' styles, include features like interchangeable nose pads and support for nearly all prescriptions, with users needing to visit an optician for prescriptions outside the range offered directly from Meta. Alongside the new hardware, Meta is rolling out AI-powered nutrition logging and hands-free WhatsApp summaries, with Display users gaining new games and handwriting features with turn-by-turn navigation expanding to all U.S. cities.

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