Meta announced Ray-Ban Meta Audio, its first audio-only glasses, at Connect on September 23, alongside a broader expansion of its AI-glasses lineup. The company says Muse, its personal AI agent, will extend hands-free assistance across its glasses, while camera-equipped Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3) adds new styles and hardware.
Audio-first hardware and a broader lineup
Meta says Ray-Ban Meta Audio starts at $349, offers up to 12 hours of use on a charge and up to 48 additional hours from its case, and can be ordered in 23 color-and-lens combinations. Its launch post lists Clubmaster and Burbank styles and says shipping begins October 13. Those performance and availability details are company-reported.
The same announcement describes Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3) with a 12-megapixel camera, 3K video, a six-microphone array and up to nine hours of battery life. TechCrunch independently characterized the Audio model as camera-free; this is a separate audio-only device, not a removal of cameras from the rest of Meta’s glasses range.
Muse becomes the common assistant layer
Meta says Muse will connect to its glasses to help users manage tasks and plans by voice. The announcement describes the product lineup and planned software features, but it does not provide independent adoption or usage data.