Meta Accidentally Leaked Its Upcoming Smart Glasses Lineup

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Meta seems to have inadvertently revealed its full line-up of Meta and EssilorLuxottica’s smart glasses ahead of tomorrow’s Meta Connect 2025 event, including the long-rumored display-style smart glasses.

Yesterday, UpLoadVR posted a (since removed) video they said they’d grabbed from Meta’s own YouTube channel. Check it out:

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If the video is legit (and it sure looks legit) it confirms the following:

• Ray-Ban Meta glasses with a monocular display, controlled by dedicated wristband

• Navigation and AI apps for the display glasses, as well as the ability to “type” provided by the wristband.

• “Shield” style sports glasses from Oakley with a center camera

The leak confirms the biggest rumors that have been swirling around for months about Meta’s fall line-up, and may have debunked a few as well. The video does not feature a wrist controller that doubles as smart watch, nor were the rumored Prada Meta glasses shown (although those could still be shown during a different part of the presentation).

Beyond their existence and some basic features, there’s still a lot to learn about Meta’s fall lineup of smart glasses. How much will they cost? What will they actually do? Those details and more will likely be revealed tomorrow at Meta Connect 2025.

Meta Connect 2025, Meta’s annual big two-day event to reveal new technology, will begin with a keynote from CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Sept. 17 at 8 p.m. ET and continue through the 18th. You can stream the keynote and developers conferences on Facebook or the official Meta Connect site.

Predicting event announcements is naturally full of speculation, but it’s informed speculation based on online rumors and sources that have been accurate with past leaks and rumors. If you plan to watch the event—or just want an idea of what might be coming—here’s what I expect to see at Meta Connect 2025.

Hypernova smart glasses

The biggest hype at Meta Connect 2025 is likely to be about Meta’s next generation of smart glasses, code-named “Hypernova,” or maybe “Meta Celeste.” According to online rumors, the next Meta glasses will feature a dedicated display on one lens for alerts and mini-apps, as well as all the AI, audio, and camera/video features of the current generation of Meta Ray-Bans and Meta Oakley smart glasses. All of this will be facilitated via a wireless wristband that will let you control various aspects of the glasses with small wrist movements.

The display glasses will supposedly retail for $799, but when they’ll hit the market remains to be seen. Sources report they’ll be on sale this month (Zuckerberg adding, “…and they’ll be available tonight” at the end of his keynote would be cool), but it could be anytime later this fall. These glasses would mark a definite step forward in smart glasses, but they won’t be the full augmented reality that Meta has shown off in its “Orion” smart glasses.

If you’re more interested in a better version of the Meta Ray-Bans and Meta Oakleys, Meta Connect could feature details on third-gen Meta smart glasses. Along with expected improvements like longer battery life and maybe a better camera, the biggest innovation to Meta glasses may be improvements to the glasses’ AI.

Internally called “super sensing,” Meta’s improved AI will stay on for longer periods, seeing what you see and interpreting it. Your glasses might tell you left the oven on, or tell you where you left your car keys (the single feature I most want from smart glasses). Another rumored addition to Meta’s AI could be facial recognition (another thing I’d use all the time).

The technology already exists for smart glasses to tell you who you’re looking at, but Meta has supposedly been leery of pulling the trigger due to privacy concerns. Generation 3 Meta smart glasses are expected to hit stores this fall.

If third-party app support for Meta smart glasses is revealed at Connect 2025, it might be through “the future of computing” developer keynote to be held on Sept. 18 at 1 p.m. ET. Meta opening its smart glasses to other developers’ apps could low-key be the biggest announcement at the show, as it would expand what you could do with your glasses in ways that can be hard to even imagine.

There doesn’t seem to be much evidence that Meta will announce a Quest 4 VR headset at Connect 2025, but that doesn’t mean Virtual Reality Gang will be totally ignored. Tech site VRUpload recently did some data mining and dug up evidence that Meta is planning to revamp both the Home and Worlds components of the Meta Horizon.

Meta is supposedly re-vamping the “starting space” for Quest users, taking it from its current static state to something that makes it “easier to connect with others and transition smoothly into Horizon Worlds and immersive apps.” Other potential Horizon announcements may include a more responsive and better-looking Horizon Worlds social hub, and a new theater space within Horizon Worlds called Events Arena. If you want to tune in live, you can stream Connect 2025 on Facebook or the official Meta Connect site.