Reviews Wearables Ray-Ban Meta Optics review: A better fit comes with a higher price The expensive, prescription-ready smart glasses have a premium fit and a few extra features. By Karissa Bell June 22, 2026 2:18 pm EST Karissa Bell for Engadget RATING : 7.4 / 10 Pros Action button adds more flexibility Better fit and more "normal" looking frames Solid battery life Cons Meta AI feels a bit nosy Extremely expensive What if your prescription glasses could also be smart glasses? That's the basic premise of Meta's "Optics" line of Ray-Ban eyewear. The company has supported prescription lenses in many of its frames for years, but custom lenses were never really a primary use case. With the Optics line, though, Meta and Essilor Luxottica tweaked their second-generation Ray-Ban frames to make them more suited to people who are glasses-wearers by necessity, not just by choice. The frames come with extra customizable elements that make them more similar to the regular glasses you'd get from your eye doctor, but are otherwise broadly similar to the rest of the Gen 2 lineup .
The result is probably the most comfortable pair of Ray-Ban Meta glasses I have tried. But adding custom lenses to the $499 frames also comes with significant extra cost that just doesn't make sense for most people — unless you have a particularly generous vision insurance policy. But if you are all-in on Ray-Ban Meta glasses, and want something for all-day, everyday wear, the investment could be worth it. Gen 2 gets a refresh Karissa Bell for Engadget As someone who often wears contacts, but defaults to my prescription glasses most days of the week, Ray-Ban Meta glasses with see-through (but not prescription) lenses haven't made much sense to me.
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The result is probably the most comfortable pair of Ray-Ban Meta glasses I have tried. But adding custom lenses to the $499 frames also comes with significant extra cost that just doesn't make sense for most people — unless you have a particularly generous vision insurance policy. But if you are all-in on Ray-Ban Meta glasses, and want something for all-day, everyday wear, the investment could be worth it. Gen 2 gets a refresh Karissa Bell for Engadget As someone who often wears contacts, but defaults to my prescription glasses most days of the week, Ray-Ban Meta glasses with see-through (but not prescription) lenses haven't made much sense to me.
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2199194/ray-ban-meta-optics-review/