A new report claims that Meta’s next Ray-Ban smart glasses will be adopting a display of some sort, right as Google and Samsung are pushing for Android XR to do the same.

Financial Times reports that Meta is planning to debut a pair of Ray-Ban smart glasses “as soon as next year” which integrate a display. Set to arrive in the second half of 2025, the glasses would apparently be used for notifications and responses from Meta’s AI.

Meta showed off its “Orion” smart glasses with an advanced display in September, but the tech was said to be too expensive to bring to market so far. This report implies that Meta could be bringing a less advanced form of display on these upcoming glasses.

The updated Ray-Bans could be released as early as the second half of 2025, the people said. The small display would be likely to be used to show notifications or responses from Meta’s virtual assistant.

This all comes right after Google and Samsung have shown off their vision for Android XR, with a headset from Samsung coming alongside a pair of smart glasses. We went hands-on with Google’s prototype glasses, which were similar in form factor to Meta’s existing Ray-Bans, but with a display. Android XR will arrive in 2025 on a Samsung headset, Google says.

More on Smart Glasses:

• One day… realized: Hands-on with Google’s Android XR glasses
• Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses adding ‘Live AI’ that works like Google’s Project Astra
• Meta shows off ‘Orion’ AR glasses

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