US EditionWe May Have to Wait Until 2027 for the Launch of the Next Pair of Meta Mixed Reality Smart Glasses
Meta postpones Phoenix mixed-reality glasses launch to early 2027 for product refinement, citing tight schedules and UX changes, aiming for a polished, reliable experience.
- On the schedule, Meta delayed its 'Phoenix' smart glasses launch from next year to the first part of 2027, internal memos from Reality Labs VPs show.
- Executives said the delay aims to give teams "more breathing room to get the details right" amid tight bring-up schedules and major UX changes, according to Gabriel Aul, Vice President, and Ryan Cairns, Vice President at Reality Labs.
- On hardware, the glasses could weigh as little as 110 grams and run Horizon OS, relying on a separate "compute puck" to reduce on-frame weight compared with Vision Pro.
- The decision affects Meta as it axed the Quest Pro in January 2025, which debuted at roughly $1,500, leaving Quest 3 as flagship amid Reality Labs reorganization earlier this week.
- In the market context, the device 'Phoenix' sits between recently released Ray-Ban smart specs and larger Quest headsets, while Bloomberg reported up to 30% metaverse spending cuts to shift resources toward AI glasses and wearables.
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Meta has decided to delay the launch of its new mixed reality glasses, codenamed “Phoenix,” from the second half of 2026 to the first half of 2027. The decision was announced in an internal memo by Maher Saba, VP of Reality Labs, who said the company needed more time to ensure higher quality. In another memo, executives Gabriel Aul and Ryan Cairns stressed that the extension of the deadline gives them “more space to get everything right,” refusi…
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Meta is working on the development of new mixed reality glasses (RM) with code name 'Phoenix', whose release has delayed until 2027, in order to have "maneuver margin" to offer a "totally polished" device.
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