Meta to launch ‘half a dozen’ new AI wearables in 2025

A leaked memo from Meta reveals the company’s plans to launch quite a few new wearable products in 2025, presumably largely focusing on glasses and headsets.

As obtained by Business Insider, a memo from Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth offers a hint into the company’s plans for hardware in 2025. The memo, shared as a post on Meta’s internal forum as a post titled “2025: The Year of Greatness,” reveals that 2024 was Meta’s “most successful year to date” around hardware devices.

Bosworth explains that Meta will be “pushing our advantage” with the launch of “half a dozen” new AI wearables in 2025. The “advantage” referred to likely relates back to Meta’s successful Ray-Ban smart glasses as well as the Meta Quest series.

Next year is going to be the most critical year in my 8 years at Reality Labs. We have the best portfolio of products we’ve ever had in market and are pushing our advantage by launching half a dozen more AI powered wearables. We need to drive sales, retention, and engagement across the board but especially in MR. And Horizon Worlds on mobile absolutely has to break out for our long term plans to have a chance. If you don’t feel the weight of history on you then you aren’t paying attention. This year likely determines whether this entire effort will go down as the work of visionaries or a legendary misadventure.

What will these new products be?

It’s been reported that Meta will be launching a new pair of Ray-Ban smart glasses in 2025 with a built-in display, and there’s also the ongoing rumor that a pair of earbuds with a built-in camera could be coming as well.

Meta will also face bigger competition in 2025, as Google’s Android XR platform hopes to usher in a new wave of XR products, including glasses with a display.

• Report: Samsung ‘considering’ earbuds with cameras, Meta 2025 smart glasses detailed
• Meta reportedly adding display to Ray-Ban smart glasses in 2025 as Android XR nears
• Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses adding ‘Live AI’ that works like Google’s Project Astra

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