What is Meta Ray-Ban Display?
Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses have a private display in the right lens and come with the Meta Neural Band, a wristband controlled by finger gestures. They can show live captions and translated subtitles of a conversation, translate a sign or menu on the display, and show Meta AI answers, messages and walking directions. They work with the Meta AI app.
Cost: Paid (From US$799 one-off). Booking: No booking. Works on: Its own device, with the maker’s phone app where one is listed.
Best for: Early adopters who want to read translations and directions in their line of sight while travelling, without holding a phone
How Meta Ray-Ban Display uses AI
Meta AI answers questions about what you see and shows the answers on the display; the glasses generate real-time captions and translations of conversations and translate text you look at.
Booking: No booking.
Keep in mind
- Meta says it has 'very limited inventory'; an in-person fitting and demo is recommended though not required
- Text translation on the display is into English, Spanish, French or Italian
- Requires the Meta AI app
- Prescription lenses limited to -4.00 to +4.00 total power and cost US$200 extra
Meta Ray-Ban Display price
Paid. One-time hardware purchase; the Meta Neural Band is included. Prescription lenses add US$200.
| Plan | Price | Region | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Ray-Ban Display with Meta Neural Band, starting price | US$799 one-off | US | Source, |
| With prescription lenses | US$999 one-off | US | Source, |
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Sources
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- New Meta Ray-Ban AI-Powered Display Glasses and Neural Band | Meta Storemeta.com, checked . Supports: Starting at US$799, US$999 with prescription, live captions and translations, sign/menu translation languages, Meta AI visual answers, Meta AI app, limited inventory and demo FAQ, prescription range
- Translation glasses: Real-time AI translation | Meta Storemeta.com, checked . Supports: Live captions and translated subtitles in line of sight on Meta Ray-Ban Display; text translation shown on the in-lens display
- How to use live translation on AI glasses (Meta Help Center)meta.com, checked . Supports: Meta Ray-Ban Display listed among glasses that support live translation; online and offline language lists
- Meta Ray-Ban Display announcement (Meta Newsroom, Sept 2025)about.fb.com, checked . Supports: Launch on September 30, 2025 at US retailers; Neural Band included; captions and translation of select languages
- Meta Ray-Ban Display is Finally Rolling Out Internationally Starting Today (Road to VR, 23 September 2026)roadtovr.com, checked . Supports: Online ordering opened in the US, Canada and the UK (from £749 and CA$1,149) on 23 September 2026; online pre-orders in France, Italy and Germany from €899 ahead of availability on 13 October 2026
What we could not confirm
- Road to VR reported on 23 September 2026 that online orders opened in Canada and the UK and pre-orders in France, Italy and Germany (from €899, available 13 October 2026); Meta's own store pages could not be re-read to confirm non-US prices
- Which spoken languages the on-display conversation translation supports is not broken out for this model