Meta Expands Wearables Lineup With Smart Glasses and AR Prototypes
· Technology · Fortune, Android Authority
Meta recently showcased its expanding family of smart glasses and wearables at a private demo room in Menlo Park, California. The lineup includes flagship Ray-Ban Wayfarer camera-enabled glasses featuring an updated nine-hour battery life, Ray-Bans with a lens display and neural wristband, and audio-only smart glasses without built-in cameras. The collection also featured early prototypes like the Orion augmented reality glasses. EssilorLuxottica reported selling 7 million pairs of AI-enabled glasses in 2025, with Meta's wearable sales growing threefold over the past year. Meta's wearables head Alex Himel credits the company's early market entry and emphasis on fashion for the growth.
Why it matters
The surging popularity of Meta's smart glasses establishes a vital new hardware battleground for tech giants competing to control how consumers access artificial intelligence.
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