Update: The Meta Connect 2025 kickoff event has ended after the company announced three new sets of smartglasses: the second-gen Ray-Ban Meta glasses, the Oakley Meta Vanguard sports glasses and the $799 Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, the last of which include a video overlay. You can scroll down to read our liveblog and see how the event played out in real-time.
Who’s excited for smart glasses? No, really, Mark Zuckerberg would like to know. The Meta CEO is kicking off Meta Connect 2025 with a poorly-timed keynote tonight, where we’ll likely hear more a ton more about his plans for smart frames. In particular, rumors point to Meta debuting its first smart glasses with built-in displays, codenamed “Hypernova.” That would be a huge leap ahead of the current Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses, which can play audio, take photos and video and tap into Meta’s AI features, but have no display at all.
As usual, we’ll also likely hear more about Meta’s AI plans, as well as more details about metaverse updates for Horizon Worlds. Meta doesn’t seem to have any new VR headsets incoming this year (the $299 Quest 3S debuted last year), but we could hear more about third-party headsets from ASUS, Lenovo and others running Quest OS. The company initially announced plans to create a broader Quest headset ecosystem last April, but we haven’t heard any progress updates since then. (The Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition doesn’t count.)
Join me and Engadget Senior Editor Karissa Bell live as we cover the Meta Connect 2025 keynote! We’ll have commentary throughout the day, but the event officially kicks off at 5PM PT/8PM ET. You can also watch the livestream of the keynote at the Meta Connect 2025 site.
