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Ray-Ban Meta Audio, Meta's First Camera-Free Glasses, Ships

Ray-Ban Meta Audio, Meta's First Camera-Free Glasses, Ships

Starts 10/13/2026

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Meta's^[1][4] announcement: "Ray-Ban Meta Audio ships October 13, and you can pre-order today starting at $349 USD."

Start: Oct 13, 202675% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Ray-Ban Meta Audio, Meta's First Camera-Free Glasses, Ships

Meta's first AI glasses with no camera ship on October 13 from $349: 43 grams, audio and Meta AI only, with up to 12 hours of battery. Pre-orders opened at Meta Connect 2026.

Meta announced Ray-Ban Meta Audio at Meta Connect 2026 as "our first audio glasses", made with EssilorLuxottica^[1][4]
"Ray-Ban Meta Audio ships October 13, and you can pre-order today starting at $349 USD"^[1][2]
Engadget calls them Meta's first smart glasses without a camera; without camera hardware or a recording light they look almost identical to ordinary Ray-Bans^[2]
The same keynote brought Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3, on sale the same day, and a new Meta Adventurer frame on sale October 23^[1][3]

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43 grams, lighter than Meta's camera models, which weigh about 49 to 69 grams^[1][2]
Up to 12 hours of talking with the AI assistant on a charge, plus up to 48 more hours from the included case^[1]
Open-ear speakers for music, podcasts and calls, plus live translation and Meta AI by voice^[1][2]
Two new styles, Clubmaster and Burbank, in 23 colour and lens combinations, prescription-ready^[1][2]

Cost $349.00

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meta.com/blog/ray-ban-meta-audio-and-deepest-ai-glasses-lineup
meta.com· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Oct 13, 2026 ✓· 25% of score
Meta's^[4] announcement: "Ray-Ban Meta Audio ships October 13, and you can pre-order today starting at $349 USD."
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Meta announces Ray-Ban Meta Audio, its first smart glasses without a camera - Engadget
engadget.com· Published Sep 23, 2026· 25% of score
Independent report of the launch: $349, ships October 13, 43 grams, 12-hour battery, Burbank and Clubmaster styles.^[1]
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Everything announced at Meta Connect 2026 - Engadget
engadget.com· Published Sep 23, 2026· 25% of score
Round-up of the keynote confirming the Ray-Ban Meta^[1][4] Audio price and October 13 ship date alongside the rest of the lineup.
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Everything We Announced at Meta Connect 2026 | Meta
meta.com· Published Sep 23, 2026· 25% of score
Meta's^[1] own keynote summary placing Ray-Ban Meta Audio in the Connect 2026 lineup.

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