{"id":432917,"date":"2025-12-08T09:06:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T09:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/432917\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T09:06:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T09:06:22","slug":"meta-reportedly-pushes-the-release-of-new-mixed-reality-glasses-to-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/432917\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta reportedly pushes the release of new mixed-reality glasses to 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"elk-3e3cb8b8-f075-4f4e-b2d4-cbdf1458a73a\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/>What you need to know<\/p>\n<ul id=\"bd9f037e-3593-4a5e-98b7-9668f3ff7b5b\">\n<li>Meta has reportedly delayed the launch window for its new mixed-reality smart glasses to 2027.<\/li>\n<li>In a series of internal memos viewed by Business Insider, Meta leadership wrote about needing to &#8220;get the details right.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The memos also reveal a new wearable and the next-generation Quest headset.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"bb4f5172-790c-427d-affa-4c03b2a4d5ab\">Meta is shaking up its product roadmap for wearables and mixed-reality headsets, according to a report from <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/meta-delays-new-mixed-reality-glasses-code-named-phoenix-2025-12\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/meta-delays-new-mixed-reality-glasses-code-named-phoenix-2025-12\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Business Insider<\/a>. The report cites an internal memo from Maher Saba, who is the vice president of Meta&#8217;s Reality Labs Foundation. It reveals that Meta&#8217;s next-generation pair of mixed-reality glasses will now release in 2027 instead of 2026. Plus, there&#8217;s reportedly a prototype wearable and a new Quest headset in the works.<\/p>\n<p>The company originally planned to launch the mixed-reality glasses, code-named &#8220;Phoenix,&#8221; in the second half of 2026. Now, the glasses are positioned for a release in the first half of 2027. The minor delay is intended to give Meta &#8220;a lot more breathing room to get the details right,&#8221; according to a separate memo seen by Business Insider.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bb4f5172-790c-427d-affa-4c03b2a4d5ab-2\">&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot coming in hot with tight bring-up schedules and big changes to our core UX, and we won&#8217;t compromise on landing a fully polished and reliable experience,&#8221; wrote Metaverse leaders Gabriel Aul and Ryan Cairns, per the report.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the memo penned by Saba references a &#8220;limited edition&#8221; wearable variant code-named &#8220;Malibu 2&#8221; in 2026. The next <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/tag\/meta-quest\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/tag\/meta-quest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meta Quest<\/a> headset will also be a &#8220;large upgrade&#8221; that will &#8220;significantly improve unit economics,&#8221; according to Aul and Cairns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.35%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ziW89zHd2rsXrWAq7HBM6k.jpg\" alt=\"A Meta Quest 3S headset behind an orange iPhone 17 Pro Max\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ziW89zHd2rsXrWAq7HBM6k.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ziW89zHd2rsXrWAq7HBM6k.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich \/ Android Central)<\/p>\n<p id=\"2170128f-e8ff-4748-b6b0-b8d1e3768b9c\">While the memos don&#8217;t reference the situation specifically, it sounds like these delays may be in relation to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/gaming\/virtual-reality\/meta-just-stole-two-of-apples-biggest-lead-designers-and-the-implications-for-vr-smart-glasses-and-ai-are-absolutely-enormous\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/gaming\/virtual-reality\/meta-just-stole-two-of-apples-biggest-lead-designers-and-the-implications-for-vr-smart-glasses-and-ai-are-absolutely-enormous\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meta&#8217;s design leadership change<\/a> announced this week. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/tag\/apple\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/tag\/apple\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a> designers Alan Dye and Billy Sorrentino are joining Meta to work under Reality Labs. Dye, the designer who led Apple&#8217;s human interface design efforts for a decade, is creating a new design lab at Meta.<\/p>\n<p>Dye will work under Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth, who <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/boztank\/status\/1996346636524806368?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/boztank\/status\/1996346636524806368?s=20\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a> he is &#8220;joining Meta to help build the future of computing at the intersection of AI, wearables and spatial computing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alan Dye is one of our industry\u2019s great design leaders and I&#8217;m so excited he\u2019s joining Meta to help build the future of computing at the intersection of AI, wearables and spatial computing. As if that weren&#8217;t enough we are also going to be joined by top design leader\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/vOiIsBB5ic<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1996346636524806368\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1996346636524806368\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"bd62dc90-3a57-4a2e-86c8-9273aac912fd\">The two Apple designers are moving over to Meta after spending time working on Liquid Glass, the Apple Watch, visionOS, and Apple Vision Pro. The memos mentioned &#8220;big changes to our core UX,&#8221; which Meta&#8217;s newly-acquired design leads may want to be part of.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get the latest news from Android Central, your trusted companion in the world of Android<\/p>\n<p>The delays come at a time when Meta is set to face fierce competition in the smart glasses and virtual reality spaces. New <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/tag\/android-xr\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/tag\/android-xr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Android XR<\/a> hardware is expected next year to challenge Meta glasses and Meta Quest headsets, and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/gaming\/virtual-reality\/google-unveils-future-of-android-xr-with-gemini-giving-main-character-energy\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/gaming\/virtual-reality\/google-unveils-future-of-android-xr-with-gemini-giving-main-character-energy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google is sharing more in a livestream<\/a> this Monday, Dec. 8.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What you need to know Meta has reportedly delayed the launch window for its new mixed-reality smart glasses&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":432918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[158,67,132,68,729,730],"class_list":{"0":"post-432917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-technology","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-unitedstates","11":"tag-us","12":"tag-virtual-reality","13":"tag-vr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115683156644227306","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}