Meta has announced two new styles for its Ray-Ban Meta smartglasses, called Blayzer and Scriber. The new models join some interesting software updates, and a selection of new colors and lens combinations for existing Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley smartglasses.
New models
Ray-Ban Meta BlayzerCredit:Â Meta
Lets start with the new styles. The Blayzer and Scriber join the current Wayfarer, Headliner, and Skyler designs, but are specifically designed for people who wear glasses all the time and require prescription lenses.
Blayzer comes in a choice of four colors, Matte Black and Shiny Transparent Black, plus Matte Transparent Ice Grey and Shiny Transparent Dark Olive. Scriber comes in a single color, Shiny Transparent Umber. Both are based on the Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 platform.
Ray-Ban Meta ScriberCredit:Â Meta
Both pairs have a slimmer more comfortable fit than other models, hinges which have additional rotation, and crucially, adjustable temple tips and flexible nose pads. Anyone who has worn existing models for long periods of time will know the flat, hard nose pads can get uncomfortable.
Software updates
Ray-Ban Meta ScriberCredit:Â Meta
There’s a small selection of new features coming to both the Ray-Ban and Oakley smartglasses, and the Meta Ray-Ban Display models too.
For the Meta Ray-Ban Display, expect to see Spotify shortcuts, Instagram Reels browsing, widgets designed to be glanceable, pedestrian navigation, and display recording. Some of these features may have already arrived for some wearers.
Ray-Ban Meta BlayzerCredit:Â Meta
Meta AI updates for the Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley smartglasses include hands-free WhatsApp summaries, nutrition tracking, and in the summer, the addition of 20 new languages for live translation. These will include Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, and Arabic.
Oakley and Ray-Ban colors and lenses
Oakley Meta VanguardCredit:Â Meta
Also ready for the summer are new color and lens combinations for the Skyler, Wayfarer, Headliner, Vanguard, and HSTN models.
The Skyler will come in Shiny Transparent Peach with grey Transition lenses, while the Headliner will get a Matte Transparent Peach finish with the same lenses. Wayfarer gets a Shiny Transparent Grey finish and brown Transition lenses.
Oakley Meta HSTNCredit:Â Meta
Over at Oakley, the sporty Vanguard model will be available with the Prizm lenses, which are designed to enhance colors and environments faced by athletes in specific environments. Black, Rose Gold, Cobalt, and Ember lenses will come to the Vanguard range.
For the HSTN models, which have a less sporty look than the Vanguard models, the Dark Golf Prizm lenses will be available for the first time, along with a new Light Curry frame finish with brown Transition lenses.
Price and availability
The Blayzer and Scriber Ray-Ban Meta models are available to pre-order today from Meta and Ray-Ban. Prices start at $499, and the final cost will vary depending on your prescription requirements. The smartglasses will be released on April 14.
Most new color and lens combinations for the Ray-Ban and Oakley models are also available to buy now.