Everything Announced At Meta Connect 2026

It’s Meta’s flip to disclose new {hardware} in the course of the always-busy fall season. The firm confirmed off two new sorts of wearables at Meta Connect, digital actuality glasses and an audio-only set, in addition to the third-gen Ray-Ban Meta AI specs.

It introduced some updates for Meta Ray-Ban Display whereas making these sensible glasses extra broadly out there. In addition, Meta revealed a listening to help function for its glasses together with the most important modifications but for Beat Saber and a raft of leisure content material that is coming to the VR ecosystem. In addition, Meta is engaged on bringing the Muse AI agent to its glasses.

Let’s dive into all the things the corporate introduced at Meta Connect 2026. You can even check out our liveblog for a real-time breakdown of all of the bulletins.

The largest announcement at Meta Connect was the corporate’s digital actuality glasses. Rumors back in 2023 advised that Meta would deploy its first such product in 2027 and it is sticking to that timeframe — Meta VR Glasses will arrive next spring. You would possibly wish to begin placing some money apart for them when you’re , although, as they’re going to value $1,300.

The firm says, at round 100 grams, Meta VR Glasses are 5 instances lighter than the Meta Quest 3 headset. The frames are constructed with magnesium alloy and have pancake lenses. They embrace full-color passthrough video assist and a 5K show. Meta claims they’re going to supply “cinema-grade readability” with assist for Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos spatial audio. The firm says it is the primary IMAX Enhanced licensed VR system too.

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All of the computing is dealt with by a tethered puck and all the things runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Reality Elite chipset. The puck additionally incorporates the storage and battery. Meta says the glasses will be capable to ship “as much as three hours of steady high-resolution media playback” on a cost. The puck has assist for 45W quick charging too.

At the outset, there will be 75 video games you possibly can play utilizing hand gestures. The glasses will run each recreation that is out there for Quest headsets with the assistance of assist for Touch Plus controllers. You’ll be capable to stream titles by way of Xbox Cloud Gaming, although Microsoft is imposing new time limits on that service. There’s the choice to hook up with different gaming gadgets wirelessly or through USB-C as nicely.

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True to its metaverse-derived identify, Meta sees the glasses as a vector for productiveness. You can hook the system as much as a Windows PC or Mac and management them with a digital keyboard and touchpad on a desk or desk. You can simply use a bodily mouse and keyboard too.

Not not like Apple Vision Pro, Meta VR Glasses will assist holographic avatars that you should utilize in video calls on apps equivalent to WhatsApp and Zoom. Folks who’re becoming a member of a name on a flatscreen system can see your hologram. When you see one other individual’s hologram whilst you’re utilizing the VR Glasses, spatial audio will place their voice of their digital location.

Of course, the corporate is integrating Meta AI into the glasses. You can inform Meta VR Glasses what you wish to do utilizing your voice. Alternatively, you possibly can management the system along with your eyes or hand gestures.

Perhaps in an effort to sidestep the not-unwarranted “pervert glasses” label that many have given to wearables which have a digital camera, Meta is releasing an audio-only mannequin. The Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses are, after all, geared up with an AI voice assistant. They assist music and podcast playback in addition to voice calls. The firm says the system will run for as much as 12 hours on a cost. The charging case is alleged so as to add as much as 48 hours of use.

Ray-Ban Meta Audio is designed for all-day put on, the corporate notes. The glasses weigh 43 grams and have “professionally adjustable temple suggestions, adjustable or swappable nostril pads and overextension hinges.” They’ll be out there in a basic Ray-Ban model referred to as Clubmaster and a extra rectangular Burbank form in 23 coloration and lens combos. The glasses assist prescription lenses too.

Pre-orders for the Ray-Ban Meta Audio open at the moment and the glasses ship on October 13. They begin at $349.

Meta nonetheless does have camera-equipped sensible glasses, nonetheless. It has refreshed the Ray-Ban Meta with a slimmer design and a button that triggers Meta AI. The third-gen model is alleged to have an extended battery life than the earlier one, with 9 hours of utilization versus eight. There’s a six-mic array that Meta claims can reduce out over 90 p.c of background noise for clearer audio.

The 12MP digital camera helps 3K video seize. The firm provides that the cameras on its AI glasses will quickly be capable to report movies with Dolby Atmos spatial audio. A dynamic picture function can snap a number of pictures and you may decide one of the best one (or let Meta AI recommend choices).

You can now get the glasses within the model of Ray-Ban’s basic Aviator, in addition to Zena, a cat-eye body. The Wayfarer look is sticking round too. Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 can be found beginning at the moment in 27 combos of lenses and colours. They begin at $449.

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There are a bunch of particular editions as nicely. An Aviator model in milky beige with brown Transitions lenses begin at $579 and might be out there for a restricted time. There are new collabs with Kylie Jenner and Blackpink’s Lisa, and people fashions begin at $399. Meta can be releasing new kinds for its Essilor Luxottica glasses and bringing them (and different fashions) to extra trading floors.

On prime of all of that, Meta is introducing extra fashions in its own-brand Meta Glasses vary. The Meta Adventurer frames now begin at $249 with a black body and grey lenses together with a plug-in case, and there is additionally a limited-edition model of the Meta Fury with a transparent body and mirrored lenses. Pre-orders for the previous open at the moment and so they’ll hit cabinets on October 23.

There have been updates on the Meta Ray-Ban Display entrance as nicely. Meta is bringing this model to more markets and making them extra broadly out there within the US, the place now you can organize them on-line for $799. Folks within the UK and Canada should buy these glasses at the moment for £749 and $1,149 CAD, respectively. Pre-orders are opening at the moment in Germany, France and Italy, the place Meta Ray-Ban Display begins at €899. The glasses might be out there in these three nations on October 13.

In phrases of function updates, people within the US and Canada will be capable to entry biking and public transit instructions within the heads-up navigation instrument later this month. Also, as an alternative of turn-by-turn strolling instructions, the glasses can inform you to show at a sure landmark that is in entrance of you.

Meta Ray-Ban Display will assist holograms in video calls too, however you may have to seize your self utilizing the Meta AI app if you wish to create your individual avatar. This will first be supported for WhatsApp calls within the US this fall.

Through the Meta AI app and Explore (an app you possibly can entry on the glasses), you’ll take a look at an array of internet apps. Moreover, Meta Ray-Ban Display will assist picture enhancing on the show, Dolby Atmos video seize, notifications mirrored out of your cellphone and extra.

Meta is bringing a hearing enhancement feature to its sensible glasses. It’s designed extra for individuals who can normally hear high-quality however would possibly wrestle in a loud surroundings than hard-of-hearing people who would profit extra from an precise listening to assist.

The setup stream is just like the hearing aid feature on Apple’s AirPods — you may have to hearken to tones in a quiet room so the glasses can tune the settings for you. You can change this mode on or off by saying “Hey Meta, begin listening to enhancement.”

This function might be out there within the US later this 12 months on Meta Glasses, and afterward the third-gen Ray-Ban Meta and Ray-Ban Meta Audio. There’s a 30-day trial however the firm says it’s going to value a one-off $149 charge after that. Alternatively, it is included with a Meta One subscription. Meta says the listening to enhancement instrument is eligible for FSA and HSA reimbursement.

Let’s get into the leisure facet of VR, beginning with Beat Saber. Meta-owned developer Beat Games is alleged to be giving the title its largest replace ever this spring. It consists of assist for hand monitoring, so you may not want to make use of Touch Plus controllers to play, although you possibly can nonetheless do this when you desire.

Flux is a brand new single-player mode during which you should utilize powers just like the Flux Tether. Meta says this “channels energy between your palms to slice by way of notes in time with the beat of pulse-pounding tracks.” Flux, which might be out there on Meta VR Glasses and Meta Quest, consists of 35 songs from throughout the Beat Saber panorama on the outset, with extra to comply with.

Beat Games can be revamping the single-player marketing campaign to incorporate a story side, recent missions and a brand new menu system. The studio is including a brand new development and rewards system as nicely. This will allow you to customise the look and sound of the sport.

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Supernatural might be again on the Meta Horizon Store this fall. A newly independent development team took the reins of the VR train platform after Meta made widescale cuts throughout its VR and metaverse division initially of the 12 months. Users’ factors, streaks and badges will stay intact within the new app. The builders are including extra HD environments, exercises and music together with different upgrades, Meta says.

Elsewhere on the gaming entrance, heist title Payday: Aces High is coming to Meta Quest 3 and 3S later this 12 months with assist for co-op crossplay with the PC VR model. An open playtest begins October 19. A blended actuality model of Tetris Effect is coming to Meta VR Glasses subsequent 12 months with hand-tracking assist. Two Point Hospital is on the way in which to Meta Quest 3 and 3S with hand-tracking assist as nicely.

While followers look forward to the primary solely new Ace Attorney recreation in over a decade, the collection is about to make its VR debut. Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies (which was first launched on the Nintendo DS in 2013) is coming to Meta VR Glasses and Meta Quest subsequent 12 months with assist for hand monitoring and voice activation, so you possibly can bodily level at witnesses and yell “objection!” I’ve gotta say, that appears like a enjoyable approach to confuse folks you reside with. You can take a look at Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies VR on Meta VR Glasses and Meta Quest subsequent 12 months.

Meta is making an even bigger push into 3D and VR experiences on its headsets and Meta VR Glasses. Disney+ subscribers (that service just got more expensive in the US, FYI) in sure nations will be capable to stream the likes of The Avengers and Black Panther in 3D beginning in November. 

Meta VR Glasses house owners will be capable to take a look at VR Enhanced variations of iconic movies like Avengers: Infinity War and Star Wars: A New Hope subsequent spring. Meta says, within the variations of those motion pictures that might be out there by way of a brand new Disney Immersive Cinema by ILM app, “your environment might be remodeled with immersive environments, dynamic results, beautiful 3D visuals and spatial audio to really feel such as you’re not simply watching a scene, however dwelling inside it.”

A docuseries referred to as Open Season will debut within the Meta Quest TV app on September 29. This will take you contained in the remedy periods of Golden State Warriors participant and four-time NBA champion Draymond Green in the course of the 2025-26 season. This is the primary entry in an authentic collection referred to as Meta Presents.

The firm says it’ll supply lots of of 2D and 3D motion pictures for people to purchase and lease within the US later this 12 months. It will develop the library to extra nations by the point Meta VR Glasses can be found.

A brand new National Geographic: Beyond app will function 180-degree 3D experiences of the pure global community. A complete bunch of different streaming apps can be found too, together with Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, DirecTV, AMC+, Crunchyroll, Plex and Tubi, whereas Peacock, HBO Max and Paramount+ will supply up 3D titles.

Meta says that, together with having the ability to dive into sports activities apps like these from the NBA and MLB, you possibly can take a look at immersive sports activities from ESPN. This will embrace 8K streaming with 180-degree views. Immersive Sports begins with school soccer this 12 months, and it will develop to different sports activities in 2027. On Meta VR Glasses, you’ll watch greater than 100 dwell sports activities occasions annually through Meta’s partnerships with MLB, NBC Sports, TNT Sports and UFC.

We know barely something about it, however on the finish of at the moment’s keynote, Zuckerberg briefly confirmed off a new device called Muse Charm. It’s a devoted piece of {hardware} that homes your private Muse Agent with a small show, audio system, mics and a fingerprint sensor. It appears to be like slightly like a Tamagotchi, into which, Zuckerberg says, Meta has “packed the entire Muse expertise, together with the real-time voice and avatar stack into one thing that matches on a keychain and is all the time out there to speak to.” The firm says it’s going to have extra to share on the system later this 12 months.