r/MetaRayBanDisplay

I checked out LensCraft yesterday and tried the demo—I was honestly blown away, so I went ahead and bought them! I’ve been putting them to the test all day to see what they can really do and if they’re worth hanging onto. As a total tech geek, I love everything about the glasses, but if you're not super invested in the Meta ecosystem, I just don't see any practical reason for me to keep them. Since I use an Android as my main phone, the fact that I can't access any of my phone's apps is a real dealbreaker, which is why I’m planning to return them. It’s such a bummer because I really do love them, but I'm just sad I can't use my own apps with the glasses.

Hi friends!

I wanna get some smart glasses to use for my tattoo sessions and fun adventures. I always wanted to be able to record my POV and now I can!

My husband offered to buy me a pair for my birthday which is incredible but I wanted to get some opinions.

1. Should I wait until Black Friday? I’d rather buy them in person, not online so I feel like it might be a moot point since I’m going on a trip before then.
2. Is there any benefit to waiting? Are they worth it? I see tons of great videos that appear to have been recorded with them and idk.

I’m just on the fence if I should go find a pair this week or if I should wait a bit.

My comfortable price point is looking like Gen 2. But I’m so tired of buying the new iPhone for a new one to release the next week and being on “old tech” perpetually. People say my iPhone 12 is old but it’s only been like 5 years since I got it. Feels a bit ridiculous imo. Lol. I still use my Sony camera from 10 years ago and the quality still holds up to this day without feeling far behind.

It's gonna be great for these display glasses to have 1st party apps and integrations with existing apps, but it could be awhile or never since it's such a potentially small user base that app devs won't put in the effort.

So as a stopgap, I think it would be great to have a companion app that can mirror the phone display to the glasses (like phone link for windows does) and then the neural band actions can be passed through to the phone (including writing and voice to text) so the glasses and band can be used to control the phone and get access to any app on the phone.

It wouldn't be much different than navigating Android with DPad on any Bluetooth controller.

Any app developers out there willing to take this on?

I have Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses (the model with the in-lens screen and Neural Band), already set up with my iPhone.

Has anyone successfully connected them to an iPad, Mac, or Windows PC just for Bluetooth audio? I'd like to use them as headphones on my iPad and then switch back to my iPhone.

Can both devices stay paired, or do you have to unpair in Meta AI or repeat setup each time? Does simultaneous multipoint work, or only manual switching?

If you've tried this on the Display model, could you share the steps and your firmware/device version? I'm looking for firsthand results specifically for Display, rather than Ray-Ban Meta Gen 1/2. Thanks!