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Meta’s New AI Smart Glasses Drop Ray-Ban Branding and Add Kylie Jenner - Gizmodo

Not a pilot. Meta just shipped AI glasses to 300M+ users—starting at $299.

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Why it matters

Meta is moving AI from phones to faces with a consumer hardware play that puts multimodal AI in mainstream hands. This is app-layer AI reaching critical distribution mass.

The key facts

11 to know

  1. Meta Glasses starting price: $299

  2. Partnership with EssilorLuxottica for distribution

  3. AI-powered features (specific capabilities not detailed in headlines)

  4. Celebrity endorsement/collaboration with Kylie Jenner

  5. Zuckerberg pushing wearables as core strategy

  6. Meta Glasses launching at $299 price point

  7. Partnership with EssilorLuxottica (Ray-Ban parent)

  8. Celebrity endorsement/voiceover by Kylie Jenner

  9. Positioned as AI-powered wearable device

  10. Zuckerberg continuing push into wearables as strategic priority

  11. Available through Meta Store

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Publisher excerpt: Meta’s New AI Smart Glasses Drop Ray-Ban Branding and Add Kylie Jenner Gizmodo We’re Partnering With EssilorLuxottica to Launch Meta Glasses Meta Store Meta announces new smart glasses starting at $299, as Zuckerberg keeps pushing wearables CNBC Meta debuts AI-powered Meta Glasses, starting at $299…
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