Ray-ban’s Meta Smart Glasses Are Even Cheaper Than They Were On Black Friday

The last-gen exemplary costs $155 little than nan caller pair.

It sounds weird to opportunity it’s a bully point if you missed nan Ray-Ban Meta woody connected Black Friday, but… it’s benignant of true. The original Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses just fell to an moreover amended all-time debased of $224.25 ($75) at Amazon and Best Buy, which thumps nan Black Friday value by $15.

That’s a awesome woody because, moreover though Meta released nan Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) astatine nan extremity of October, nan last-gen glasses still connection awesome value. They’re mostly similar, offering overmuch of nan aforesaid acquisition — letting you play music, return photos, grounds 1080p video, and moreover livestream to Facebook aliases Instagram without pulling retired your phone. And while nan newer exemplary shoots sharper 3K video astatine 30fps, some usage nan aforesaid 12-megapixel sensor truthful nan image value isn’t noticeably different.

They besides connection a five-microphone array for hands-free calls and will see nan Gen 2’s upcoming “conversation focus” package upgrade, which boosts nan sound of whoever you’re talking to. The original brace will besides person different planned Gen 2 package updates scheduled for nan fall, including caller slo-mo and hyperlapse video modes.

Additionally, nan glasses tin execute a scope of different tasks acknowledgment to Meta’s AI-based features. For example, you tin construe Spanish, Italian, and French successful existent time, pinch German and Portuguese coming soon. You tin besides usage your sound to threat photos, get look ideas from whatever’s successful your fridge, study astir landmarks, and more.

Granted, you don’t get nan Gen 2’s eight-hour artillery life — doubly that of nan original pair’s — but pinch a $155 value difference, it mightiness beryllium a sacrifice you tin easy unrecorded with.

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