What do the new Meta Ray-Ban Display features change for someone who already wears them?

Navigation that keeps the phone in your pocket

The glasses already showed turn-by-turn arrows. Now they add cycling routes and real-time transit departures. You ask with your voice and the display paints the next move while the phone stays in your pocket. This rolls out later this month in the US and Canada.

Walking directions sound different. The system reads the world in front of you instead of street signs. It will say turn left at the yellow house rather than turn left at Third Street. The shift moves navigation from abstract labels to visible landmarks.

No bike mount needed. No glancing at a handlebar screen. The display floats in your peripheral vision. The mechanism relies on the same cameras that capture photos, now feeding a localization engine that matches visual features to a map layer.

A hologram that speaks with your voice

Video calls on glasses have a blind spot. The person on the other end sees what you see but never sees you. Hologram closes that gap. After a short self capture in the Meta AI app you get a photorealistic digital version of your face.

The model drives the avatar entirely from audio. It infers expression from what you say and how you say it. No cameras pointed at your face. No tracking dots. The voice carries the performance.

Your mom can watch you chop vegetables while you cook together on opposite coasts. No propping up a phone. No awkward angles. The feature begins rolling out in Early Access on WhatsApp to US users later this fall.

Apps, sound, and notifications on the lens

Explore is a new on-glasses app. It also lives in the Meta AI app. You browse a growing selection of experiences built for the display. Learn, explore, play. The catalog expands over time.

Dolby Atmos capture arrives natively. The glasses record spatial surround sound. Playback feels as immersive as being there. Meta calls this the first consumer device with that capability.

Calendar gains power. See who attends a meeting. Accept or decline invites. Join meetings. All from the glasses. English only. US only for now.

Mirrored notifications come soon. Your phone alerts appear on the display. You choose which ones stay silent. Control stays with you.

Threads becomes a real-time companion. Follow curated Community Feeds. Repost threads you love. All from the glasses.

Where you can buy them and when prescriptions arrive

Sales begin today in Canada and the UK. Online ordering and retail sales start in Vancouver, Toronto, and London.

Pre-orders progressively start today in France, Italy, and Germany. Online ordering and retail sales open October 13 in Paris, Milan, Rome, Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Munich.

US online ordering begins today.

Prescription lenses arrive October 13 via Essilor Luxottica Optical retail stores in France and Italy. Germany follows later in the year.

The announcement does not say how many units exist in the wild. It does not mention injuries. It does not disclose battery life changes.