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Everything announced at Meta Connect 2026

VR glasses, Aviator-style Ray-Ban Meta specs, Ace Attorney in virtual reality and much more. It's Meta's turn to reveal new hardware during the always-busy fall season. The company showed off two neโ€ฆ

Everything announced at Meta Connect 2026
Engadget โ€” 23 September 2026
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VR glasses, Aviator-style Ray-Ban Meta specs, Ace Attorney in virtual reality and much more.

It's Meta's turn to reveal new hardware during the always-busy fall season. The company showed off two new types of wearables at Meta Connect, virtual reality glasses and an audio-only set, as well as the third-gen Ray-Ban Meta AI specs.

It announced some updates for Meta Ray-Ban Display while making those smart glasses more broadly available. In addition, Meta revealed a hearing assistance feature for its glasses along with the biggest changes yet for Beat Saber and a raft of entertainment content that's coming to the VR ecosystem. In addition, Meta is working on bringing the Muse AI agent to its glasses.

Let's dive into everything the company announced at Meta Connect 2026. You can also check out our liveblog for a real-time breakdown of all the announcements.

The biggest announcement at Meta Connect was the company's virtual reality glasses. Rumors back in 2023 suggested that Meta would deploy its first such product in 2027 and it's sticking to that time frameย โ€” Meta VR Glasses will arrive next spring . You might want to start putting some cash aside for them if you're interested, though, as they'll cost $1,300.

The company says, at around 100 grams, Meta VR Glasses are five times lighter than the Meta Quest 3 headset. The frames are built with magnesium alloy and have pancake lenses. They include full-color passthrough video support and a 5K display. Meta claims they'll offer "cinema-grade clarity" with support for Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos spatial audio. The company says it's the first IMAX Enhanced certified VR device too.

All of the computing is handled by a tethered puck and everything runs on Qualcomm's Snapdragon Reality Elite chipset . The puck also contains the storage and battery. Meta says the glasses will be able to deliver "up to three hours of continuous high-resolution media playback" on a charge. The puck has support for 45W fast charging too.

At the outset, there'll be 75 games you can play using hand gestures. The glasses will run every game that's available for Quest headsets with the help of support for Touch Plus controllers. You'll be able to stream titles through Xbox Cloud Gaming , though Microsoft is imposing new time limits on that service . There's the option to connect to other gaming devices wirelessly or via USB-C as well.

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