Meta launches cheaper smart glasses without Ray-Ban ^18.8%

The Verge - By Victoria Song - 6/23/2026, 1:00 PM

Biased Writer Voice 28.7% - Anecdotal 16.5% - Optimism Bias 13.3%

For the past three years, “Meta” and “Ray-Ban” have been synonymous in the smart glasses space. Not anymore. Yesterday, I slipped on several pairs of Meta Glasses — no Ray-Bans — in three different styles and seven colors. One style, I was told several times by various enthusiastic Meta spokespeople, is a collaboration with socialite and... more