Updated
Updated · Meta Store · Sep 24
Meta Expands Ray-Ban Display to 5 Markets, Adding Hologram Calls and Transit Navigation
Updated
Updated · Meta Store · Sep 24

Meta Expands Ray-Ban Display to 5 Markets, Adding Hologram Calls and Transit Navigation

3 articles · Updated · Meta Store · Sep 24

Summary

  • Five new markets — the UK, Canada, France, Italy and Germany — are getting Meta Ray-Ban Display sales, with online ordering starting today in the US, UK and Canada and preorders opening in France, Italy and Germany.
  • Later this month, US and Canadian users will get cycling directions and real-time transit departures on the glasses, extending the hands-free navigation feature Meta says has been popular.
  • Later this fall, WhatsApp users in the US will begin early access to Hologram, which creates a photorealistic digital face for calls after a short self-capture in the Meta AI app.
  • Meta also added Dolby Atmos video capture, a stronger calendar, mirrored phone notifications and Threads community feeds, broadening the glasses' role beyond calls and photos.
  • The rollout comes a day after Meta widened smart-glasses availability in other countries and alongside its Connect 2026 push for newer Ray-Ban models with upgraded hardware.

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