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- Meta’s cheapest glasses yet: what the plug-in case changesMeta has lowered the entry price of its AI glasses by removing exactly one thing: the battery case. What you lose, what stays the same, and whether it is worth the wait.
- Everything Meta announced at Connect 2026Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3, the camera-free Audio line, Meta Nova and Capri, the VR Glasses and the Muse Charm. What you can buy today, at what price, and what is only an announcement.
- Ray-Ban Meta Gen 1, Gen 2 or Gen 3: which one to buyThree generations on sale at once. What really changes between the Gen 2 and the Gen 3, when the Gen 1 makes sense, and which one I would buy today.
- Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 vs Gen 3: all the differencesExactly what changes between the Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 and the Gen 3, what stays the same, and whether the difference is worth paying. With verified official prices.
- RayNeo iO vs Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3: which one to buyThe two newest smart glasses on the market do opposite things: one has a display and no camera, the other has a camera and no display. Full comparison.
- Black Friday 2026 for AI glasses: how to buy well and which models to watchBlack Friday falls on 27 November 2026. Which models to watch, how to tell a real deal from an invented one, and where to buy with a proper warranty. This page will be updated with the real offers.
- RayNeo vs Meta: the smart glasses fight Europe only sees half ofMeta makes the most famous AI glasses in the world — and cannot sell you its display model in Europe. RayNeo, the shipment leader nobody knows, can. The full comparison.
- The best AI glasses in 2026: what to buy for each useThe whole catalogue scored on the same seven criteria, and one honest pick per use: overall, with a display, camera-free, sport, translation and budget.
- The best cheap AI glasses you can actually buyThe affordable ones you can really order, with an official store and a warranty. The cheapest with a camera, the best value of the lot, and what we leave out.
- RayNeo GT Max: price and where to buy themThe viewer with the widest field of view in our catalogue. Price in your currency, the official store for your region, and who they are and aren't for.
- Where to buy RayNeo: official stores, shipping and warrantyRayNeo runs three official stores, one per region. Which one is yours, what the price already includes, and the fake domains posing as the brand.
- RayNeo GT, GT Max or Air 4 Pro: which one to buyAll three are display viewers, not AI glasses. The real difference is field of view, weight and price. A recommendation for each kind of use.
- XREAL Aura: what XREAL confirms and what it still won't sayThe Aura arrives in Fall 2026 with Android XR and Gemini. Spec by spec, what XREAL has actually published, what it hasn't, and how to reserve one.
- Everything in your glasses: the five that match a phone (and the one you can buy in Europe)Display, camera, AI, speakers and their own battery. Only five models on the market have all five, only one runs real apps and only one has a European store. The category explained with the data.
- Google, Samsung and Apple are getting into glasses: what's coming, when, and why none of it has a displaySamsung and Google's Galaxy Glasses arrive this fall, Apple won't show its own until 2027, and Meta already has two models filed with the FCC. None of those first products has a display. What that means if you were waiting to buy.
- RayNeo X3 Pro battery life: RayNeo says 5 hours, testers measure 40 minutesThe most capable AI glasses on the market die after 40 minutes of real use and 30 minutes of recording. The figures measured by six independent reviews, and why you cannot swap the battery.
- The Chinese AI glasses you CAN buy in Europe and the UK (and the 6 you can't)Xiaomi, Huawei, Rokid, RayNeo, Even Realities. Which ones ship to Europe and the UK with a real warranty, and which lack even a CE mark. The full list, brand by brand.
- Prescription lenses in Ray-Ban Meta glasses: what UK and EU buyers should knowYes, they take prescription lenses, up to -6.00/+6.00. What nobody tells you: fitting them outside a certified partner voids the manufacturer warranty, and once unsealed there's usually no return.
- Is it legal to record with smart glasses in the UK? The rules, honestly explainedFilming in public is broadly lawful in the UK — the risks sit in publishing identifiable people, recording where privacy is expected, and a few criminal lines you must not cross. What the law actually says.
- Which languages do AI glasses actually speak? Checked model by modelEnglish gets the full experience everywhere — but your region decides which features you get at all. Meta admits its AI is slower and thinner outside English; Xiaomi and Huawei answer in Mandarin.
- The three types of smart glasses: what each one is actually forAI without a display, AI with a display, and XR. Three different products sold under one name. The real differences in field of view, battery and purpose, using the specs of all thirteen models in the catalogue.
- Are AI glasses the replacement for the smartphone?Our thesis: the phone doesn't disappear, it moves to your pocket. The 2026 numbers — glasses +167 %, phones −16.7 % — and the five obstacles still unsolved.
- AI glasses with or without a display: which one you actually needThe decision to make before you look at prices. What each type gives you and what it costs you, with the weight, battery and price of every model you can buy.
- AI glasses with an iPhone: what you lose compared to AndroidRay-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta and the rest work on both platforms, but not equally. The messaging limits, the transfer speeds and the features iOS simply does not allow — before you spend the money.
- Ray-Ban Meta battery life: what you actually get in a dayMeta claims 8 hours. Here is what that number means, what drains it fastest, how the charging case changes the maths, and how it compares to every other pair of AI glasses you can buy.
- The Ray-Ban Meta problems nobody mentions before you buyPeople half a metre away hear what you are listening to, the AI cannot record a video if you ask it to, and there is a documented pattern of hardware failures. What launch reviews leave out.
- RayNeo iO, GT and GT Max: everything we know before IFA 2026RayNeo's three new glasses are on sale: the iO, the GT and the GT Max. Verified official prices, how to buy them from Europe, and what the brand has still not published.
- Why AI glasses sales are exploding (and why VR is collapsing at the same time)+167 % in a quarter for display-free glasses while VR falls 17 %. The IDC, Counterpoint and Meta figures describe a category shift, not a fad.