Meta Ray-Ban Wayfarer Smart Glasses: 5 Game-Changing Features to Enhance Your Music Listening Experience

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The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are a total game-changer, seamlessly blending Meta’s cutting edge AI functionality into everyday life. Built within Ray-Ban’s timeless Wayfarer glasses design, this tech-savvy gadget combines iconic style with smart technology, redefining the way AI can be used when interacting with the world.

By simply saying, “Hey Meta,” endless possibilities open up. For music fans, there are plenty of great features that you may or may not know about when interacting with the device. To help enhance your music-listening experience with the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, we’ve compiled our favorite features to try out below.

Adjust Volume Without Lifting a Finger

A very convenient feature with the Meta glasses are its hand-free controls. By simply saying, “Hey Meta, lower volume to 40%” or “raise volume by 10%,” users can quickly control audio volume without lifting a finger. Other voice command functions include “pause/play/next song” controls and even more advanced AI controls such as “take a photo and tell me the difference between these products I’m holding” when shopping.

Identify New Music Easily With Shazam Integration

With the popular Shazam app built into the Meta Smart Glasses, users can quickly identify new music on the go. As always, start by saying “Hey Meta, what’s this song?” The glasses will use its built-in microphone to listen to the song being played and send the audio to Shazam for processing. With the device, users can connect to Apple Music and Amazon Music to play your favorite artists, albums and now newly identified Shazam tracks.

Multitask During Concerts and Live Events

We all love capturing the best moments at a concert, but doing so means staring at your phone screen while you record a video or take a photo. While wearing Meta smart glasses, command the Meta AI assistant to do all that work for you so you can truly engage with the show without missing a moment. We’re sure artists would appreciate less fans on their phones also. The glasses feature a 12MP ultrawide camera hidden in the endpiece of the device. Users can record video at up to 1440 x 1920 resolution at 30 FPS.

Listen to Music Without Sacrificing Ambient Sound

The smart glasses have an open-ear speakers design built into the temples that let you listen to music, podcasts, or take calls without blocking ambient sound. You can control Spotify, Apple Music or Amazon Music with your voice and still communicate with the people around you and be more aware of your surroundings. Also, while in-ear headphones typically cause fatigue or discomfort during long listening sessions, open-ear variants stay out of your ear for supreme comfort. The device’s speaker-sound quality may not be on par with most industry-leading, noise-canceling headphones, but the Ray-Ban Meta glasses make up for it with its all-day comfort and convenience.

Shop Smarter

Need help finding the perfect speaker, headphones or audio equipment? Shop smarter and more efficiently by looking up product information, asking Meta for recommendations and even snapping photos of products to compare prices without lifting up your phone.

The Meta Ray-Ban Wayfarer Smart glasses are available for purchase on Meta.com for $379, and are offered in a wide array of color options alongside prescription lens options. Shop the glasses below.