MENLO PARK, Calif. — Meta today unveiled the Meta Ray-Ban Display, its first consumer smart glasses with a full-color display built into the right lens, along with the Meta Neural Band, an electromyography (EMG) wristband that lets wearers control the glasses with subtle finger gestures. The package is priced at $799 and goes on sale September 30 in the United States.

The display, a 600×600-pixel panel with a 20-degree field of view and up to 5,000 nits brightness, shows text messages, video calls, turn-by-turn walking navigation, a camera viewfinder, live captions, and real-time translations. Meta says the display stays off most of the time to avoid obstructing the wearer’s view. The Neural Band, worn on the wrist, reads faint electrical signals from muscles to detect gestures like pinching and thumb swipes, allowing hands-free control without touching the glasses or a phone.

Meta also refreshed its display-less Ray-Ban Meta line with a Gen 2 model offering longer battery life and 3K video at 60fps. All three tiers are part of Meta’s strategy to position AI glasses as the successor to the smartphone. Meta said the glasses are meant to help users quickly accomplish everyday tasks without pulling out a phone.

The glasses weigh 69 grams, are IPX4 rated, and get up to six hours of mixed use on a charge, topped up by a folding case. Meta says the Neural Band has up to 18 hours of battery life and an IPX7 water rating, and is made with Vectran — the same material used on the crash pads of the Mars Rover. The company plans to expand sales to Canada, France, Italy, and the UK in early 2026.