Meta says new VR headsets will now wait for a major breakthrough
Quest sales fell, and Meta says no new headset ships without a real breakthrough. Next up: $1,300 VR glasses next spring.
Thursday, Oct 15
Sandisk will make the official storage cards for Meta's $1,300 VR Glasses
Sandisk becomes the exclusive storage partner for Meta's Quest and upcoming VR Glasses, which ship with 128 GB built in.
Tuesday, Oct 13
Ray-Ban Meta Audio lasts all day and fits better, but its one button does little
Close to half the battery was left after five hours of music and an hour-long call, but its one button still can't answer the phone.
Tuesday, Oct 6
Ray-Ban Meta glasses now give turn-by-turn walking directions
Ray-Ban Meta glasses will now talk you through a walk, so the phone can stay in your pocket.
Friday, Sep 25
Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 costs $70 more, and most of what's new comes to the Gen 2 too
Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 costs $70 more than Gen 2 for one extra battery hour and a new button.
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Meta will let you keep your glasses' camera requests out of AI training
Meta's glasses opt-out covers your camera footage but not your audio. Smile, you're still training the model.
Thursday, Sep 24
Meta Ray-Ban Display goes on sale in the UK and Canada, and online for the first time
Meta Ray-Ban Display leaves the US for the first time: £749 in the UK, CA$1,149 in Canada, and you can finally order it online.
Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 is out today at $449 with 9 hours of battery
Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 adds an hour of battery life and ships a Blackpink collab for $399.
Ray-Ban Meta Audio drops the camera for $349 and ships October 13
Meta stripped the camera from Ray-Ban Meta, cut the weight to 43 g, added 3 hours of battery, and it's indistinguishable from regular sunglasses.
META GLASSES
Meta confirms Muse is coming to its AI glasses in the next few months
Meta's glasses are about to book your flights and buy things while you're just walking around.
Wednesday, Sep 23
Meta's Muse Charm is a keychain for talking to its AI, due by the holidays
Zuckerberg's surprise Connect reveal was Muse Charm, an AI keychain with a screen, mic and lanyard clip.
META QUEST
Meta Connect 2026: $1,299 VR Glasses, a camera-free Ray-Ban and a $449 Gen 3
Meta's splashiest Connect hardware won't ship until spring 2027, but you can buy $449 Ray-Bans right now.
Meta's $1,299 VR Glasses put the computer in your pocket
Meta's new $1,299 "glasses" weigh 100 g but still need a battery pack clipped to your pocket.
Meta Glasses are getting FDA-cleared hearing enhancement for $149
Meta's $149 FDA-cleared hearing fix runs on glasses you're already wearing, no audiologist required.
Beat Saber Flux lets you play with bare hands next spring
Beat Saber ditched sabers. You're catching orbs and rods with bare hands in Spring 2027.
META RAY-BAN
Meta heads into Connect on Wednesday with a privacy problem to fix
Meta's camera-free Luna frames have six mics and zero lenses, the creep problem was real enough to ship around it.
META RAY-BAN
Meta is testing Muse as the assistant on its smart glasses
Meta's next Ray-Ban assistant gives turn-by-turn directions, IDs songs, tracks workouts, and pays for things without touching your phone.
Sunday, Sep 20
Meta's camera-free glasses could be unveiled next week and ship in October
Luna gets six microphones, Meta AI and a side button, and no camera at all. Phoenix AR glasses are queued up behind it.
Monday, Sep 14
Meta is being sued over glasses facial recognition it never switched on
Parents found NameTag buried in Meta's app code before Meta flipped it on.