Get started with glasses apps

Installing apps on Ray-Ban Display

Third-party glasses apps are web apps: pages built for the glasses' display that load from a normal HTTPS link. You don't need a developer account, and it costs nothing — you just need developer mode switched on once.

Requires: Ray-Ban Display · Meta AI app v272+ · glasses firmware v125+

1. 1

   Enable developer mode (once)

   In the Meta AI app on your phone: Settings → App Info → tap the App version number five times → Enable. It stays on across sessions.

2. 2

   Add an app — the one-tap way

   On any listing here, tap Get on your phone (or scan the listing's QR code with your phone camera from desktop). The Meta AI app opens with the app's name and link pre-filled — confirm, done.

3. 3

   Or add it manually

   Meta AI app → App Settings → App Connections → Web Apps → Add a Web App. Give it any name, paste the app's install link, hit Connect. You can also share any installed app to a friend with its Share link button.

4. 4

   Launch it

   The app appears at the end of your glasses' app grid immediately — no download wait. Pin it to move it up. Navigate with the Neural Band: swipe to move focus, pinch to select, thumb-to-middle-finger to go back.

Safety: apps you add this way run outside Meta's review, in the glasses' web runtime. They can't access your camera or microphone, but only add links from developers you trust. We verify that every listed link does what it says, and we never re-host anyone's app.

Building your own glasses app

If you can build a web page, you can build a glasses app. The essentials:

• 1.It's a normal HTML/CSS/JS page served over HTTPS — host it on Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Pages, or your own box. HTTP won't load.
• 2.Fixed 600×600 viewport, and the page must declare <meta name="mrbd-web-app-capable" content="yes"> plus a PNG favicon (52×52 or larger) and a web manifest.
• 3.The display is additive: pure black renders fully transparent on the lens. Design dark backgrounds with bright, high-contrast UI; body text 16px minimum.
• 4.Input is D-pad only via the Neural Band — arrow keys + Enter, no cursor or touch. Every interactive element needs keyboard focus handling.
• 5.You get motion/orientation sensors, geolocation (from the paired phone), and 5 MB of localStorage. No camera or mic access for web apps.
• 6.Tooling: Meta's official meta-wearables-webapp toolkit (AI-assisted, with device testing + QR generation) and GlassKit (React components with the focus engine done for you).