Meta’s Connect 2026: Muse Comes to AI Glasses, 100‑Gram Meta VR Glasses Set for Spring 2027

Meta used Connect 2026 to pair its two clearest consumer hardware messages yet: its Muse personal AI agent is coming to the company’s AI glasses in the coming months, and a new 100-gram “Meta VR Glasses” device is set to arrive in spring 2027 for $1,299.99.

The announcements, made across Meta Connect on Sept. 23 and 24, underscore how the company is shifting its next phase of consumer hardware toward lighter, glasses-based devices with AI built in. Meta has spent years selling Quest virtual reality headsets and, with eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica, Ray-Ban smart glasses. This year’s event made clear that Meta wants its software and AI services to live directly on wearable devices, not just in phone apps.

The biggest hardware reveal came in Mark Zuckerberg’s opening keynote on Sept. 23, when Meta introduced Meta VR Glasses. Meta said the device weighs about 100 grams and uses a two-part design: the glasses connect through an optical tether to a separate compute-and-battery puck. The company said, “Meta VR Glasses will go on sale Spring 2027 for $1,299.99 USD.”

Meta’s published specifications describe a premium entertainment-focused device. The company said the glasses use micro-OLED panels for a “5K Infinite Display,” with 37 pixels per degree, pancake lenses, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. Meta also said the device runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Reality Elite processor, while the battery in the puck delivers up to about three hours of continuous high-resolution media playback and supports 45W fast charging. Meta said it is “the first IMAX Enhanced certified VR device.”

Meta is positioning the glasses heavily around watching video and sports. The company said the device will support more than 100 immersive live sports events each year through partners including ESPN, MLB, NBC Sports, TNT Sports and UFC.

Alongside that premium VR push, Meta used a Sept. 24 newsroom recap to say Muse, the personal AI agent it introduced on Sept. 8, is coming to its AI glasses “in the coming months.” Meta said that will let users access Muse hands-free and allow the agent to act based on what the wearer is looking at.

Meta is also broadening what Muse can connect to. The company said new shopping and work integrations are coming, including services such as Walmart, PayPal, Instacart, Notion, GitHub and Box. In one sign that Meta wants Muse to function more like a persistent assistant than a chatbot, the company said, “Muse will have its own email address.”

Meta also briefly showed a small hardware companion called Muse Charm, which it described as a pocketable device for talking to Muse. The company said it will share more details later this year.

The rest of the glasses lineup also got an update. Meta announced Ray-Ban Meta Audio, a camera-free audio glasses line that weighs 43 grams, starts at $349, is available for preorder now and ships Oct. 13. It also introduced Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3, starting at $449 and available now.

Meta’s final notable software addition points to another way it wants its glasses to do more than capture photos or play audio. The company announced a feature called Hearing Enhancement, which Meta described as FDA-cleared for adults with perceived mild-to-moderate hearing loss. Meta said it will launch later this year in the U.S. on supported AI glasses for a one-time $149.99 purchase, or as part of Meta One. Meta’s consumer posts did not publish an FDA clearance number, however, so that regulatory status could not be independently verified from the company’s announcement.

Taken together, the Connect announcements showed Meta threading Muse across its wearable lineup while introducing a lighter, premium VR device aimed at entertainment. For a company long associated with bulky headsets and social apps, that is a sharper product statement: glasses first, with AI embedded throughout.