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Hamish Hector

16 September 2025

And I think I spot a third pair hiding there too…

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Meta might have just spoiled two smart glasses reveals from Connect
They appeared in a now deleted video on its YouTube channel
A third new pair of glasses might have also been shown off

You hate to see it. Well, unless you’re a tech journalist who thrives on covering leaks. That’s because Meta’s entire Connect smart glasses lineup has seemingly been spoiled by a video posted to its own YouTube channel (which has subsequently been hidden).

We’re just over a day away from Meta Connect 2025 at the time of writing, and based on other leaks and comments from Meta’s CTO and CEO, we’ve been expecting a smart glasses heavy showcase.

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That looks to be the case: as UploadVR reports, a video that briefly appeared on Meta’s social media showcased a pair of glasses called the Meta Ray-Ban Display, alongside a brief overview of its whole lineup, which includes a pair with a visor design – two frames that were previously leaked.

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The display frames look like chunky Wayfarers, but in exchange for a slightly doofier design you’ll seemingly get some impressive new features like an on-screen map overlay for directions, and translations that appear over the text you can’t understand among others.

They also look to be controlled by some kind of wristband – which was also leaked – with a similar band being used to control Meta’s Orion prototype glasses.

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For me, however, the bigger surprise is the visor design we see in the leak, which shifts the camera from the temple to the nose for a more centered video capture perspective.
This frame was also teased earlier this year to be a sporty smart glasses design developed in collaboration with Oakley.

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I’ll be the first to admit that I had simply assumed these glasses had been canned in place of the HSTN design we got instead, but it seems Meta is simply giving us two Oakley frames in one year.

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Unfortunately the trailer doesn’t reveal much about this visor beyond its look, though when it was leaked, it was suggested it’ll boast some sporty integrations and features. We’ll have to wait and see what Meta announces officially to know if that’s still the case, and how it manifests.
On that note, as with all leaks, we should take this video with a pinch of salt. That said, considering the clip was posted to Meta’s own YouTube channel I’m leaning towards this being an oopsie on Meta’s part and revealing a few too many gadgets early.

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Thankfully, we only have a day left to find out if this leak is real or not.
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While there are two obvious additions to the Meta smart glasses lineup, there’s one other pair I want to highlight, and that’s the blue Ray-Bans sandwiched between the Oakley specs in the image above.
That’s because Meta doesn’t currently offer blue Meta Ray-Bans, and I don’t believe it ever sold opaque blue frames like we see here – only ever translucent blue frames.
It’s possible Meta will simply announce new colorways for its Ray-Ban smart specs but, as I’ve been saying for months, I think it’s launching upgraded Ray-Bans – I’d bet these are those improved specs.
The upgrades, in my mind, would simply bring the Ray-Bans inline with the Oakley HSTN glasses by equipping them with the new and improved camera, and the better battery life, that Meta’s latest smart glasses offer.
Again we’ll have to wait and see what Meta has up its sleeve, and how much these two or three new pairs cost, but this leak has only made me more excited to tune into Meta Connect – leaving me wondering if it wasn’t an intentional ‘accident’ to build up hype.
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