{"slug": "meta-preempts-google-s-gentle-monster-glasses-with-kylie-jenner-starfire-design", "title": "Meta Preempts Google's Gentle Monster Glasses With Kylie Jenner 'Starfire' Design", "summary": "Meta launched 'Starfire' smart glasses designed with Kylie Jenner, featuring her voice for Meta AI and a gemstone lens, just months before Google's similar Gentle Monster glasses are expected to launch. The $400-$480 glasses use the same chipset as Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 but in a smaller frame, preempting Google's design differentiation.", "body_md": "Meta teamed up with Kylie Jenner for new 'Starfire' smart glasses.\n\nMeta says Starfire was \"designed in collaboration with Kylie Jenner\", and features her voice for Meta AI as well as a gemstone in the lens and a metal nose pad to prevent absorbing makeup.\n\nOtherwise, as with the [cheaper Meta Glasses launched this week](https://www.uploadvr.com/meta-launches-cheaper-smart-glasses-without-ray-ban-branding/), Starfire has the same chipset, camera, speakers, battery, storage, and connectivity as the [Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2](https://www.uploadvr.com/ray-ban-meta-gen-2-announced-preorders/) glasses, packed into [EssilorLuxottica](https://www.uploadvr.com/meta-invests-3-billion-in-essilorluxottica-taking-stake/)'s smallest frame yet.\n\nThree color variants are available:\n\n- Classic Black frame with Black lenses ($400)\n- Dark Tortoise frame with Chocolate lenses ($400)\n- Classic Black frame with Clear to Grey Transitions lenses ($480)\n\nAs with the other new Meta Glasses, the Starfire design comes with the same kind of folding case as Meta Ray-Ban Display. It's also (unlike Meta Ray-Ban Display) compatible with the new stainless steel Charging Stand.\n\nSomething that hasn't gone unnoticed is that Meta's Starfire glasses have a striking resemblance to the [Gentle Monster smart glasses](https://www.uploadvr.com/gemini-smart-glasses-are-launching-in-fall-to-take-on-ray-ban-meta/) announced at Google's I/O back in May. We noted at the time that the Gentle Monster design \"looks nothing like anything Meta and EssilorLuxottica have put out so far\" – but Starfire makes this no longer the case.\n\nTech hardware has a long development cycle, and the likely explanation here is simply that the two companies are following the same general fashion trends and engineering constraints. But it's still noteworthy that Meta has essentially preempted what would have been Google's unique design differentiation months before it launches.\n\nYou can find the Meta Glasses Starfire Kylie Edition [on the Meta Store](https://www.meta.com/ai-glasses/meta-glasses/starfire-kylie-edition/?ref=uploadvr.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-preempts-google-s-gentle-monster-glasses-with-kylie-jenner-starfire-design", "canonical_source": "https://www.uploadvr.com/meta-starfire-smart-glasses-kylie-jenner-designed/", "published_at": "2026-06-24 23:56:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-25 00:18:15.036032+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Meta", "Kylie Jenner", "Google", "Gentle Monster", "EssilorLuxottica", "Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2", "Meta Glasses Starfire Kylie Edition"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-preempts-google-s-gentle-monster-glasses-with-kylie-jenner-starfire-design", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-preempts-google-s-gentle-monster-glasses-with-kylie-jenner-starfire-design.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-preempts-google-s-gentle-monster-glasses-with-kylie-jenner-starfire-design.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-preempts-google-s-gentle-monster-glasses-with-kylie-jenner-starfire-design.jsonld"}}