Meta Ray-Ban sales hit 2 million, production to expand significantly

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Meta and EssilorLuxottica have announced that two million pairs of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses have been sold since their October 2023 launch. This figure, revealed by EssilorLuxottica CEO Francesco Milleri, excludes sales of the original Ray-Ban Stories released in 2021.

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Facebook's Ray-Ban Stories doubles recording time to 60 seconds

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As Facebook brings its Ray-Ban Stories to more markets, the company updates the smart glasses to add new features. A significant update is the increase of its recording capability from 30 seconds to 60 seconds. Also, the Facebook View app adds language support for French, Spanish, German, and Dutch. The glasses can also now understand voice commands in French and Italian so that you can take photos and videos hands-free. And if its low batt or you've used up all its storage, the Ray-Ban Stories now has audible notifications.

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Facebook and Ray-Ban officially launch smart glasses

Facebook is taking its first stab at smart glasses through its partnership with Ray-Ban. The Ray-Ban Stories are glasses that bring the eyewear's classic Wayfarer designs and adds cameras, a microphone, and speakers to them. Each side hides a camera capable of shooting five-megapixel stills and videos of up to 30 seconds that you can trigger with a long or short tap on its single button. The camera setup is similar to Snap's Spectacles, but Ray-Ban Stories take this further with open-ear speakers and a three-mic audio array, which will let you control the glasses by voice.

This product is, first and foremost, a Ray-Ban device. According to Andrew Bosworth, Facebook Reality Labs' head, the glasses are designed to "help people live in the moment and stay connected to the people they are with and the people they wish they were with."

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