Meta Introduces Prescription-Optimized AI Glasses

<p><span class&equals;"speechify-word" data-start&equals;"5&period;991" data-end&equals;"6&period;583">Meta is introducing its first prescription-optimized AI glasses in two new lightweight styles&colon; Ray-Ban Meta Blayzer Optics &lpar;Gen 2&rpar; and Ray-Ban Meta Scriber Optics &lpar;Gen 2&rpar;&period; The glasses can be pre-ordered starting at &dollar;499&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Billions of people around the world wear glasses or contact lenses for vision correction&comma; and many Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta owners already add prescription lenses to their AI glasses&period; Now the company is rolling out a new&comma; optical-forward pair of Ray&equals;Ban Meta glasses that support nearly all prescriptions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company is also introducing new colors and lens options for Ray Ban Meta and Oakley Meta frames&comma; and advanced software updates like hands-free nutrition tracking and Meta AI WhatsApp summaries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The newest AI glasses will be available in two unique styles&colon; Blayzer&comma; a rectangular design available in Standard and Large sizes&comma; and Scriber&comma; a more rounded frame style&period; They’re the most comfortable glasses we’ve ever designed — made for all-day comfort&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company is also updating features including making nutrition tracking on AI glasses easier&period; With a simple voice prompt or quick photo&comma; you can log what you eat hands-free&comma; and Meta AI will extract key nutrition details and add them to your food log in the Meta AI app&period; Over time&comma; your food log will inform personalized insights that get more useful&comma; helping you make healthier and more informed choices&period; If you’re looking for in-the-moment nutrition guidance&comma; you can ask Meta AI questions about what to eat next&comma; like &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What should I eat to increase my energy&quest;” with answers that take your food log and goals into account&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This feature will be available to everyone 18 and over in the US with Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta glasses soon&comma; and Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses later this summer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meta is also introducing hands-free WhatsApp summaries and recall into the Early Access Program &lpar;EAP&rpar;&period; You’ll be able to ask&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Hey Meta&comma; catch me up on my messages&comma;” for a concise group chat summary&comma; or ask for specific details like&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What did Jamie suggest for dinner&quest;” These interactions are processed on-device and remain private with end-to-end encryption&period; This will be available in EAP soon for those with Ray-Ban Meta&comma; Oakley Meta&comma; and Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Neural Handwriting on Meta Ray-Ban Display is also rolling out to everyone in the coming weeks — and it’s coming to iMessage&period; Write with your finger on any surface to reply to messages silently and discreetly&period; It works across Instagram&comma; WhatsApp&comma; Messenger&comma; and native Android and iOS messaging&period; And soon&comma; display recording will let you combine your in-lens display interactions&comma; your view of the world&comma; and audio into a single&comma; ready-to-share video for your friends and followers&period; Lastly&comma; our pedestrian navigation feature is expanding to every city across the US in May&comma; so you can get turn-by-turn directions right in your lens&comma; keeping your head up and your phone in your pocket&period; This follows a release earlier this month that included Instagram Reels&comma; personalized Spotify Shortcuts&comma; and new glanceable widgets like Reminders&comma; Weather&comma; Stocks&comma; and Calendar right on your home screen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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