Meta launches new ‘prescription optimized’ smart glasses

The Verge / 4/1/2026

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Meta has announced two new “prescription optimized” variants of its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses: the rectangular Blayzer and the circular Scriber.
The Optics Styles are designed to support an “unrestricted” range of prescriptions, addressing a key limitation for users with less-than-perfect vision.
Compared with standard Ray-Bans, the new frames add overextension hinges, interchangeable nose pads, and adjustable temple tips to improve optician-driven customization.
Meta positions these as part of its continuing lineup of AI glasses, following prior Ray-Ban Meta Display hardware updates that previously introduced the overextension hinge design.
These new styles expand device accessibility, potentially broadening adoption among consumers who require prescription lenses and better fit customization.

Woman wearing Meta Ray-Ban Blayzer Optics glasses while looking around a city corner. — The new Optics Styles glasses will support an ‘unrestricted’ range of prescriptions. | Image: Meta

While Meta has released several versions of its AI glasses over the last few years, today it announced it's released two new styles specifically geared toward those of us with less-than-perfect vision.

Dubbed the Ray-Ban Meta Optics Styles, the new frames come in a rectangular "Blayzer" style and a circular "Scriber" version. Compared to the regular Ray-Bans, these also sport overextension hinges, interchangeable nose pads, and adjustable temple tips for opticians so users can better customize fit. While the overextension hinges were introduced with the Meta Ray-Ban Display, they were absent from the regular Ray-Ban lineup. The frames will …

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