CNBC August 22, 2025
Salvador Rodriguez, Lora Kolodny, Jonathan Vanian

Key Points

– Meta is set to launch two new smart glasses at its annual Connect developer conference in September.

– That includes its first consumer-ready glasses with a display and a wristband that will allow users to control the glasses with hand gestures, potentially paving the way to AR glasses.

– Codenamed Hypernova, the glasses will include a small display in its right lens, and will sell for about $800 in partnership with EssilorLuxottica.

Meta is planning to use its annual Connect conference next month to announce a deeper push into smart glasses, including the launch of the company’s first consumer-ready glasses with a display, CNBC has learned.

That’s one of the two new devices Meta is planning to...

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