At Meta Join 2025 on Wednesday, the corporate unveiled its new Oakley Meta Vanguard sensible glasses which can be geared towards runners, cyclists, and different athletes. The glasses retail for $499 and are launching on October 21.
Meta Join is the social networking large’s largest convention of the yr, the place it unveils sensible glasses and VR headsets.
The glasses characteristic a big unified entrance lens, as an alternative of getting two cameras positioned on the prime corners of the frames, which is in earlier Meta sensible glasses and the Oakley Meta HSTN mannequin. The brand new glasses can seize video in as much as 3K decision and have a 12-megapixel digital camera with a 122-degree wide-angle lens.
The Oakley Meta Vanguard sensible glasses characteristic a programmable button that may set off a customized AI immediate, which you’ll be able to arrange utilizing the Meta AI app. Meta notes that all the buttons on the sensible glasses are positioned beneath to permit athletes to put on helmets comfortably whereas utilizing them.
The Oakley Meta Vanguard glasses have as much as 9 hours of battery life, or as much as six hours of steady music playback. The glasses include a charging case that may present a further 36 hours of cost on the go. Meta notes that customers can rapidly cost the glasses to 50% in 20 minutes through the charging case.
Meta says the open-ear audio system, that are six decibels louder than Oakley Meta HSTN, are essentially the most highly effective audio system but on any of its glasses. In addition they characteristic a five-microphone array optimized to cut back wind noise whereas on calls, messaging, or utilizing Meta AI along with your voice.
The glasses have an IP67 mud and water resistance ranking to be used throughout intense exercises, the best but of any of Meta’s sensible glasses, in accordance with the corporate. Meta says the wraparound design of the glasses options Oakley PRIZMTM Lens know-how, which is designed to dam out solar, wind, and mud.
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Retaining with the athletic theme, the glasses may be built-in with Garmin smartwatches. Customers can ask the sensible glasses for stats reminiscent of your coronary heart price and tempo whereas operating, biking, or collaborating in different actions. They’ll additionally combine with Strava; customers can graphically overlay their efficiency metrics onto movies and pictures captured with Oakley Meta Vanguard and share them on to their Strava neighborhood.
The glasses can be found in 4 body and lens colours: Oakley Meta Vanguard Black with PRIZMTM 24K, Oakley Meta Vanguard White with PRIZMTM Black, Oakley Meta Vanguard Black with PRIZMTM Highway, and Oakley Meta Vanguard White with PRIZMTM Sapphire.
Oakley Meta Vanguard can be accessible in the US, Canada, U.Ok., Eire, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Australia, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. Meta plans to launch the glasses in Mexico, India, Brazil, and the United Arab Emirates later this yr.
Wednesday’s announcement comes three months after Meta unveiled its Oakley Meta HSTN sensible glasses. On the time, the corporate mentioned the sensible glasses have been its “first product for athletes and followers alike.”
Meta additionally unveiled Wednesday its new pair of Ray-Ban branded sensible glasses with a built-in show for apps, pictures, and instructions alongside a wearable wristband to regulate them. Moreover, the tech large introduced its new Ray-Ban Meta 2 with as much as 2x the battery lifetime of the earlier mannequin and 3K Extremely HD video seize.
