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Hamish Hector

I love my Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses but this summer I’m gonna swap them for standard shades — and the BanRay movement proves I’m not alone

Mark Zuckerberg smiling as he wears the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.

Meta’s smart glasses are pretty great; in fact, they’ve been one of my favorite gadgets released in the past few years. The Ray-Ban and Oakley styles are beautiful, the audio and camera quality are solid, and the AI assistive tools are genuinely useful when I travel.

But I rarely wear mine anymore — and I’m considering picking up some ‘dumb’ sunglasses as we head into the UK’s summer. I don’t really want to wear them anymore after a few recent Meta developments, and it turns out I’m not alone.

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