Ray-Ban Meta - Wayfarer Large Smart Glasses with Meta Ai, Audio, Photo, Video Compatibility - Polarized Gradient Graphite Lenses - Matte Black

Meta's Rayban glasses are among the best new gadgets of 2023. Stylish. Comfortable. Packed with technology, the quality of the digital camera produces sharper and more vibrant still images than you would expect from such a tiny sensor in the frames. The video quality is also great in situations with good natural light. The real star is the of these glasses is the sound. Meta calls the tech Spatial Audio. Making phone calls and listening to music via directed sound and smartly positioned speakers within the arms produces a sound that is clear, even outdoors. It's really cool being able to engage in conversations without earbuds lodged in your ears. This is far better than the best 'passthrough audio' because with nothing in your years, you feel totally free. Great tech!

I own a pair of ray ban wayfairers with 58mm lenses and I purchased the large ray ban metas that have 53mm lenses. They’re essintiely (I can’t spell and auto correct doesn’t seem to work in the app when writing a review) the same size both in width and arm length. The pictures and videos are better than expected. The glasses are mostly comfortable. The arms can be a little tight and scratch the back of the ears at times. But after a couple of uses it kinda just stops bothering you (well me at least). My biggest problem is that I can’t wear them enough to justify the price. The gradient tint is too dark for inside and the transition tint isn’t dark enough for outside (and too slow to transition). I wish I could wear them all day but that would require buying two different pairs in my opinion. The sound quality is good, no distortion at full volume, but sometimes not loud enough in noisy places. The camera is definetly convient especially when you’re doing something that needs two hands, like chasing lizards with your kid, or just don’t feel like taking your phone out of your pocket or bag. Honestly, the biggest downside is the thing that made me want them the most, the AI. Meta AI can’t access most 3rd party apps. It can’t save personal info, which sounds like a good thing but that means, it can’t create reminders or shopping lists. It can’t find a song on any music service except spotify. Its great at answering questions or making up riddles and jokes based on the input you give it. It can talk to you like a real person having a conversation with you. Its pretty cool to use but its practicality is lacking big time. From version 1 to version 1.1, meta added some apps that the AI can access. So hopefully with future updates it will become more useful. But until it can set a reminder or add things to a shopping list, its not going to replace siri, alexa, or google assistant. I do recomend if you like techy things and want something cool and interesting. But if you’re just looking to replace your air pods or whatever android buds you use, I’d pass because you’ll still carry them around with you anyway unless you get and are okay with the transition lenses. Though if you need prescription glasses, I can’t think of a cooler pair you could get and would highly recomend in that case.

The shinny frames with green lenses are so stylish and fit perfectly! Its probably best to get these is the largest size from my experience they just look and feel better on face. The shinny frames do pick up finger print and smugges but besides that they are great! I think the shinny frames are better choice over the matte black. Really feeling these glasses!