There are a couple major differences between generations that could sway your opinion.
It’s hard to believe, but we now live in a world where you have to account for generations of smart glasses. That’s great for variety’s sake, but for choosing which smart glasses to buy (in this case, which Ray-Ban-branded smart glasses in particular), things might get a little confusing. Having used both generations of Meta’s Ray-Ban AI smart glasses myself, I’m here to give you the guidance you need, though.
If Meta Connect had you considering taking the plunge into smart glasses for the first time, here’s everything you need to know before you go and drop several hundred real, non-Metaverse dollars on a pair.Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 vs Gen 1: battery
The biggest thing (or one of them) you’re going to want to know is that the second generation of Ray-Ban Meta AI smart glasses improve greatly in the battery department. Meta claims that Gen 2 have double the battery over Gen 1, which, no matter which way you spin it, is a major win for anyone who plans to wear their smart glasses for long periods.
I’ve already gotten a chance to use the second-gen Ray-Bans for about a week, and while I can’t fully declare that these achieve that lofty battery improvement quite yet, they do appear to be much-improved. That’s thanks in part to what Meta says is a new “ultra-narrow steelcan” battery design that crams more battery life into a space that’s no bigger than the last generation. The case also gets a battery bump, going from 32 hours to 48 hours in the second-gen version.
This one is a no-brainer; Meta’s Gen 2 Ray-Bans are far and away the winner in the battery department.
