When buying glasses, it’s usually not a matter of whenbut when something happened to them. That “something” can be many things, like leaving it in the trash, or at a friend’s house, or literally anywhere that isn’t a glass case or in your pocket. But just as indisputably as losing glasses is breaking or rubbing them. In most cases, that would mean an easy (if expensive and inconvenient) trip to the eye doctor, but what if your glasses are Smart? What if it’s not the lens you’re adjusting but the entire waveguide screen?
The answer to that question is kind of a fluke, at least if the latest reveal from iFixit is any indication. According to repair money that recently already ripped Meta’s ray-Ban-Ban Story Smart, 2025’s hottest screens have a screen – having smart glasses is basically impossible to fix. That’s not surprising for a number of reasons. For one thing, smart glasses use a lot of novel technology, especially when it comes to making the glass itself in the lens.
According to IFIXIT, making lenses requires adding “layers of fused glass,” then cutting them with “Widoond Wiya Syw,” and grinding them precisely. ” It doesn’t take an engineer to fill in the gaps here; These lenses are complex things and not something that can be easily turned on and off at will. And things get more complicated when you look at the screen that has to be accounted for.
Meta’s Ray-Ban-Ban display uses Avegguide tech for the screen, called Geometric WaveGuides, unlike the waveGuide technology of other smart glasses. This type of waveguide burper technology also creates a halo glow effect in the intestines. Specifically, to cut down on those visual artifacts, the reflector on the Meta Ray-Ban-Ban Politation Use “small mirrors” that reflect light differently. All of these decisions combined make for advanced smart glasses that sound more connected and better than others on the market in terms of sharpness, lightness, and ease of use. At worst, it makes them messy and difficult to repair.
Again, that’s not surprising when you’re buying a product in the nascent category, but if you spend $800 on smart glasses that can easily get caught or break a lot (like any pair of glasses that can be easily fixed knowing that you can go and change the lens or other parts. But as Ifixit writes in its disclaimer, “don’t expect your private eye doctor to be able to replace the lens in this case for you.”
For me, even more of a bummer than the lenses is the fact that the battery seems difficult to replace, too, and perhaps unnecessarily so. Meta uses a new battery for this display in the Meta Ray-Ban-Ban, which exceeds the battery life by up to 8 hours according to its rating, but Ifixit says that the heavy use of glue and the lack of plastic clips make it difficult to replace. And putting the arms back together, even if you can separate them, is a different matter altogether.
In case you are wondering, the general warranty of the reflection of meta ray Therefore, I would be very careful to put the smart glasses back, no matter how it fits to drive them in your pocket or throw them in your bag.
On the other hand, it’s a bummer to see that such an expensive gadget is so difficult to repair, but until the infrastructure is built to repair smart glasses, that’s how it will be. In the meta’s defense, I highly doubt other smart glasses with screens on them are much better. Most of them are based overseas in countries like China, which adds layers of difficulty in terms of coordinating and dealing with repairs through the manufacturer. For now, it looks like getting your smart glasses fixed isn’t an option unless you’re looking at spending $800 on a new pair if you own one. “
