Meta wants to occupy a much larger space on your body. Following a major internal shift at Mark Zuckerberg’s tech empire, the company is moving its hardware focus away from traditional virtual reality headsets and stepping directly into daily lifestyle accessories. According to an internal corporate memo originally disclosed by The Information, Meta is currently engineering an audio-focused AI pendant while actively preparing to launch up to four brand-new smart glasses. All these products would arrive before the end of the year.
A clipboard for your daily conversations
The upcoming Meta smart glasses and AI pendant project represents a logical step for the tech giant. Following Meta’s acquisition of the hardware startup Limitless, the company inherited the foundational architecture for a clip-on Bluetooth microphone wearable.
The pendant works as an always-on, audio-only ambient device. For this, it uses an integrated microphone that records the wearer’s surroundings throughout the day. The background system then processes these recordings to generate searchable databases, automated transcripts, and concise text summaries of real-world conversations. While the internal memo notes that active consumer testing won’t kick off until next year, the project outlines a clear vision to make personalized AI completely mobile (via Engadget).
Flooding the eyewear market
To offset massive financial losses within its Reality Labs hardware division—which reported an immense $19 billion deficit—Meta is executing an incredibly aggressive sales push. The leaked memo, written by Meta’s vice president of wearables, Alex Himel, outlines a strict goal to sell 10 million wearable devices in the latter half of the year alone.
To hit that milestone, Meta is expanding its eyewear inventory well past its current partnership with Ray-Ban and Oakley. The leaked documentation details four distinct models scheduled to debut over the coming months:
- Modelo: A mysterious new design slated to debut as early as June.
- Luna & RBM2 Refresh: Two distinct models arriving this autumn, with the latter heavily pointing toward a direct refresh of the current Ray-Ban hardware.
- Mojito VIP: A premium-sounding variant scheduled for a December rollout.
These upcoming units will run Meta’s existing AI models alongside “Hatch.” This is an unreleased, consumer-centric AI agent currently deep in development. Looking even further down the road, internal teams are also testing advanced prototypes codenamed “Artemis” and “SSG” (SuperSensing Glasses). They could feature ambient cameras that remain active for extended periods to give the AI context about your physical environment.
The monetization play
Meta isn’t just counting on individual hardware sales to balance its books. Taking a cue from its newly established “Meta One” monthly tier system across social apps like Instagram and WhatsApp, the company is preparing an enterprise subscription program called “Wearables for Work.”
The goal is to move corporations away from one-off equipment purchases. The AI firm wants to steer them toward a predictable, recurring revenue stream. Himel’s internal memo shows that Meta is initially targeting deployments at large commercial organizations, hoping to secure agreements where companies deploy at least 100 connected wearables per office. If consumer and corporate interest aligns, production capacity could quickly scale to meet the demand.
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