Meta smart glasses surface on two fronts: VR glasses hands-on and camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio model

In the first report, TechRadar senior staff writer Hamish said he had worn the Meta VR glasses, describing them in the article's headline as "coming to eat Apple's lunch." That phrasing is the publication's assessment of the competitive threat the glasses pose to Apple rather than a claim made by Meta. The piece is a hands-on account from the writer, who covers virtual and augmented reality for the site, and the headline frames the device as a product with the potential to take business from Apple rather than as a confirmed commercial release.

According to TechRadar, the second product, the Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses, removes the cameras carried by earlier Ray-Ban Meta models. The report's headline attributes the change to improved battery life, indicating that dropping the camera hardware allows the glasses to run longer between charges. No figure for the extended battery life, nor any other specification, was given in the material published by the outlet.

Both items appeared on the same day from the same TechRadar writer, whose published biography covers five years of technology and gaming journalism, including work for Gfinity Esports before joining TechRadar in February 2021. The material carried no statement from Meta, no confirmation of pricing, release dates, markets or technical specifications, and no indication from the company that either product has been finalised for sale. The body text accompanying the Ray-Ban Meta Audio report as published consisted of the writer's biography rather than additional product detail.

The two reports therefore point in opposite directions for Meta's glasses business: one towards a head-worn VR device positioned against Apple, and one towards an audio-only wearable that gives up image capture to extend use time. Neither claim has been corroborated by a second outlet in the available material.