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Skip Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 at $449 unless you want the new Aviator or Zena frames, because Meta still sells Gen 2 from $379 (Meta Store, Oct 7, 2026) and the upgrades are small. Meta claims up to 9 hours of battery, about an hour more than Gen 2, plus a sixth microphone for calls and Meta AI in noisy places and a programmable action button. Engadget's hands-on found the Aviator frames thick and a bit loose, and its reviewer got a little over 5 hours from Gen 2 with continuous audio, so treat the 9-hour figure as a best case. Landscape photos and Dolby Atmos video recording weren't available at launch, and Meta says landscape capture will also reach older models.
