- Mark Zuckerberg has confirmed that new Meta -Smarte Glasses are on the way “later in the year”
- He mentioned several “launches”
- And he teased that “some new technological capabilities” also come
Meta’s revenue report from the first quarter of 2025 is live, and during a call with investors discussing the results, CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that we will get new smart glasses later in the year and they could be better than anything else we’ve seen before.
According to Meta, its beam -lane smart glasses are a smash hit. In the past year, sales have tripled and its glasses have four times as many monthly active users than they did a year ago.
Zuckerberg, who was eager to take advantage of this success, said investors that “we’ve got some exciting new launches with our partner Essilorluxottica later in the year, which should also expand this category and add some new technological capabilities to the glasses.”
There are two things to note in this comment: the use of majority “launches” and the promise of “new technological capabilities.” Because, while Zuckerberg did not extend these comments during the call, leaks already seem to have spoiled Meta’s smart glasses surprises for later this year.
From the new capabilities, this is almost certainly a nod to the now very Leaked Ray-Ban smart glasses with a display.
To bring you up to speed, these new beam connections would be almost functionally identical to what has come before (with a camera, speakers and Meta AI functionality), but they will also incorporate a single in-line screen.
Unfortunately, they were also rumored to be expensive – we’re talking over or about $ 1,000 / £ 1,000 / AU $ 1,500 according to people who know.
Despite this, the upgrade has the potential to be huge as it could bring significant AR features to Meta’s specifications as it pushes toward more full-on AR glasses with the consumer version of its Meta Orion AR glasses.
As for the other launches, we expect Meta to also reveal a pair of athlete-focused specifications based on Oakley’s sphaera glasses. Like Ray-Ban, Oakley is a brand owned by Essilorluxottica.
These would not incorporate a display and the camera would apparently be moved from the side of the glasses to the middle, but little else has been confirmed. Hopefully, they would incorporate athlete-specific features such as riding or cycling help via their Meta AI integration.
In addition to the Oakley glasses and the display-equipment specifications, I have the feeling that Meta could have another pair or two up the sleeves, based on leaked comments from the company’s CTO that Meta “pushes our advantage by launching half a dozen more AI-driven laptops.”
They may include the long rumor meta cameras, which would add cameras to more typical looking earplugs or a meta -trek (which long -lasting readers know, are jammed to be canceled / troubled by a few months) as a way to control its glasses.
But I have the feeling that we may also get upgraded standard beam-ban-specifications-ice if those with a display are as expensive as it has been rumored.
These smart glasses would offer exactly the same functionality as the existing model, but with a combination of better cameras, better sound and better battery life for about the same cost.
Based on Meta’s smart glasses’ success and the fact that its glasses are approaching two years old, an update would make sense – even if this is just a longest (and I will admit that my reality laboratories are not always stars).
As for when we see these glasses, Zuckerberg’s “Later in the year” is all except an October launch. This is the month in which Meta has released New Reality Labs hardware in the last few years after announcing the technology at its Meta Connect event, which usually takes place at the end of September.
This year’s Connect is September 17 and 18, so it won’t be long before we see these new smart specifications in action – and I’m already counting the days.
