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Meta gets ready to launch two new Ray-Ban AI glasses

Meta and its AI glasses hardware partner EssilorLuxottica are getting ready to launch the next generation of their Ray-Ban AI glasses. That’s according to a series of FCC filings for two new Meta Ray-Ban models that were published by the agency earlier this month.

The filings describe the tested devices as production units, suggesting that Meta may launch them soon. When the company unveiled its second-generation Ray-Bans in late 2023, it did so a little over a month after the devices passed through the FCC.

Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

As is customary, the FCC filings are heavily redacted, so we don’t know yet exactly what the two models will look, or what new features they will offer. However, the filings did reveal a few interesting details:

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