Meta Connect 2026: Everything Announced

Meta Connect 2026 ran on September 23 and 24, 2026. Mark Zuckerberg's keynote was on Wednesday, September 23 at 4 p.m. Pacific (7 p.m. Eastern), from Meta's campus in Menlo Park, California, and the developer keynote followed on Thursday, September 24 at 10 a.m. Pacific. Sources: Meta, Engadget.

Four pieces of hardware and a wave of AI features. The Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 ($449), the camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio ($349), the entry-level Meta Adventurer ($249) and the Meta VR Glasses ($1,299.99, spring 2027), the headset previously known as Project Phoenix. Meta also brought the Meta Ray-Ban Display to the UK, Canada, France, Germany and Italy, announced an FDA-cleared hearing enhancement feature for its glasses, and previewed Muse Charm, a keychain device for its Muse AI agent. Sources: Meta, Engadget.

They start at $449 and went on sale the day of the keynote, September 23. That is a $70 increase over the Gen 2, which launched at $379. You get 9 hours of battery (one more than Gen 2), a new action button, the same 12MP camera with 3K video, and 27 frame and lens combinations across the Wayfarer and two new shapes, the Aviator and the cat-eye Zena. Sources: Meta, Engadget, Gear Live, 9to5Google.

Meta's first AI glasses without a camera, the model reported before the event under the codename Luna. They keep open-ear speakers, microphones and voice access to Meta AI, weigh 43 grams, last up to 12 hours (48 more with the case) and support prescription lenses. They cost $349, pre-orders opened on September 23 and they ship on October 13, in Clubmaster and Burbank frames. Sources: Meta, Engadget, 9to5Google.

The Meta VR Glasses are the headset Meta had been building as Project Phoenix. The part on your face weighs about 100 grams, five times lighter than a Quest 3, with a 5K micro-OLED display, eye and hand tracking. Computing, storage and battery sit in a tethered puck of roughly 300 grams running a Snapdragon Reality Elite chip. Battery life is up to 3 hours of video playback. Price: $1,299.99, release in spring 2027. Sources: Meta, Engadget, VR.org, Road to VR.

Yes. They run the same operating system as the Quest 3, so existing Quest games carry over, with the new Touch Plus controllers for titles that need them. Meta counts 75 games playable with hand gestures alone at launch, plus Xbox Cloud Gaming, and a Beat Saber overhaul with a controller-free Flux mode due in spring 2027. Sources: Meta, Engadget, Road to VR.

From Connect, yes. The display glasses stay at $799 in the US, where online ordering is now open, and went on sale in the UK (£749) and Canada. In France, Germany and Italy, pre-orders opened on September 23 from €899, with delivery on October 13. New features include cycling and transit directions and holographic avatars for WhatsApp calls. Sources: Meta, Engadget.

An FDA-cleared hearing enhancement for people with mild to moderate hearing loss, which turns the glasses' microphones and open-ear speakers into a hearing aid-style boost. It costs $149.99 as a one-off, or is included with a Meta One subscription, is HSA/FSA eligible, and launches in the US later in 2026, first on Meta Glasses. Sources: Meta, Engadget.

A small keychain device for Muse, Meta's personal AI agent, unveiled as the keynote's closing surprise. It has a small screen showing the Muse avatar, speakers, microphones and a fingerprint sensor, and is controlled by voice. Meta said it comes later in 2026 but gave no price and few specs. Muse itself is also coming to Meta's glasses. Sources: Meta, Engadget, Gizmodo.

The keynote streamed free on meta.com/connect and on the Meta for Developers Facebook page, where the replay is available, alongside the developer sessions from September 24. No Meta device is needed, a browser is enough. Sources: Meta, Engadget.

No Quest 4, which Meta has only signalled for its 2027 roadmap, no second-generation Ray-Ban Display with a screen in both lenses (the rumoured "Hypernova 2"), and no consumer version of its Orion AR glasses. Muse Charm was shown without a price. Sources: Engadget, VR.org.