---
title: "Guides: comparisons and how-tos for smart glasses"
description: "Comparisons and how-tos that link to the devices, platforms and apps in the directory."
url: "https://buildforglasses.com/guides/"
last_updated: "2026-10-27"
---

# Guides

Real jobs and real choices, linked to the devices and apps they involve.

- ### [How to add apps to Meta Ray-Ban Display](https://buildforglasses.com/guides/add-apps-meta-ray-ban-display/)

  Last verified 2026-10-23

  Third-party apps for the Meta Ray-Ban Display are web apps you add by link in the Meta AI app, after turning on Developer Mode. There's no app store yet, so you find apps through community catalogues and developers.
- ### [Best Smart Glasses With a Display (2026), Compared](https://buildforglasses.com/guides/best-smart-glasses-with-display/)

  Last verified 2026-10-27

  No camera: Even G2. Camera plus display: Meta Ray-Ban Display. Full color in both eyes: RayNeo X3 Pro. Every spec, price and app claim sourced.
- ### [How to install apps on Even G2 (Even Hub)](https://buildforglasses.com/guides/install-even-hub-apps/)

  Last verified 2026-10-22

  Apps for the Even G2 are installed from the Even Hub catalogue inside the Even Realities phone app. Developers can also share a plugin as a web link that opens it in the app.
- ### [Meta Ray-Ban Display vs Even G2: specs, price and apps compared](https://buildforglasses.com/guides/meta-ray-ban-display-vs-even-g2/)

  Last verified 2026-10-22

  The two display glasses side by side: display, camera, controls, weight, battery, prescription lenses, built-in features, price and third-party apps, with the source for every figure.
- ### [Smart glasses prescription ranges compared](https://buildforglasses.com/guides/smart-glasses-prescription-ranges/)

  Last verified 2026-10-23

  Which smart glasses work with your prescription: the lens range, how you order prescription lenses, and price for Even G2, Meta Ray-Ban Display and Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2), with the source for every figure.