Meta glasses Gen 4: what Meta has announced, and what is only reported

1. Has Meta announced a Gen 4?

We found no Meta announcement of a Gen 4. On October 31, 2026 we read three Meta pages from Connect week: the newsroom post “Introducing Ray-Ban Meta Audio and More AI Glasses Styles” (September 23, 2026), the Meta blog’s “Everything We Announced at Meta Connect 2026” (September 23, 2026) and the newsroom’s “The Biggest News From Connect 2026” (listed September 24, 2026). None mentions a Gen 4, and none mentions a successor to Meta Ray-Ban Display. The highest generation number any of them uses is Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3), which the newsroom post calls “the next generation” of Meta’s AI glasses.

That is a statement about what Meta has published, not a prediction. It does not say a Gen 4 will never exist, and we are not guessing when one might. The two Ray-Ban Meta launch dates we cite are both in the past: Gen 2 was announced on September 17, 2025, starting at $379, and Gen 3 on September 23, 2026, starting at $449. The three posts give no date for any further generation. The closest the newsroom post comes is a general line about software: it credits “regular software updates,” new AI features and a growing ecosystem of apps for making AI glasses better over time. For what Gen 3 itself changed, see our Meta glasses Gen 3 guide.

2. What Meta has put dates on

The table lists the main forward-looking items we found in Meta’s Connect 2026 posts, in Meta’s own timing words, as read on October 31, 2026. It is not exhaustive: the Connect recap also dates some software features for Meta Ray-Ban Display. “Announced” means Meta itself said it. Several dates have already passed.

Two things stand out. The latest date we found in Meta’s posts is spring 2027, for Meta VR Glasses, which the Connect recap puts under its own heading. And for the display glasses, the forward-looking lines we read are about where they are sold and how they are ordered (more countries, online ordering) and about software such as cycling and transit directions, not about a new model. Our Meta Ray-Ban Display guide covers the current one.

Meta has also said something longer-term. In its September 2025 launch post for the Display (published September 17, 2025, updated September 30, 2025), Meta wrote that it is “continuing to work on a consumer version of our Orion prototype” and asked readers to “stay tuned.” That is a direction of travel. The post gives no product name, date or price for that consumer version.

3. What is only reported

The reports in this guide trace back to The Informationand Bloomberg. We found no Meta statement confirming the details below (checked October 31, 2026), so the status of every row is “reported.” We add nothing of our own, and a codename in a report is a label, not a product.

Read these with three cautions. First, no source we read ties any codename to a product Meta has since announced, so we do not say which, if any, of Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3), Ray-Ban Meta Audio or the new Meta Glasses styles match a reported name. Second, reports give seasons and months, while the Meta pages we read give no timing for any of these codenames, and we found no Meta mention of a “Mojito VIP” in the three posts we read (checked October 31, 2026). Third, the descriptions are thin. The February report itself says how a second Display would differ is unclear, and the June list gives no features for most of its codenames.

4. Hypernova, Display 2 and Gen 4: what the names mean

“Gen 4” is a search phrase, and we found no Meta product with that name (checked October 31, 2026). The Connect 2026 posts label one Ray-Ban line Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3), and the 2025 launch post used Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2). Other names in the Connect posts are Ray-Ban Meta Audio, Meta Glasses and Meta Ray-Ban Display, with Oakley named as a brand. Someone typing “Meta glasses Gen 4” is asking about whatever follows Gen 3, and in the pages we read, Meta has not said.

“Hypernova” is a reported codename. Heise’s February 19, 2026 article, citing The Information, describes a new version of the Ray-Ban Meta Display as internally codenamed “Hypernova 2.” MIXED’s January 21, 2025 article, on a Bloomberg roadmap, described a Hypernova model expected in 2025 with a display in the lower part of the right lens, but did not say it was the Meta Ray-Ban Display. The three Meta pages we read use the name Meta Ray-Ban Display and do not use “Hypernova.”

“Display 2” is likewise a press phrase: heise’s headline uses “Ray-Ban Display 2.” None of Meta’s three Connect 2026 pages uses it. If you see a shopping page or video promising Gen 4 or Display 2 specs, check whether it cites a Meta page; the three we read do not.

5. How to tell an announcement from a rumor

A claim about unreleased glasses is announced only when Meta says it, on a Meta page. Four checks sort most stories quickly:

• Who said it.Meta’s newsroom (about.fb.com/news) and blog (meta.com/blog) are Meta speaking. A story that says “according to people familiar” is a report, even when the outlet is respected.
• Codename or product name. Modelo, Luna, Mojito VIP and Hypernova are labels from reports. A product has a name on a Meta page.
• A price or date with no Meta page behind it. If neither is on a Meta page, it is not announced, however confident the headline.
• The publication date. A story from 2025 about 2026 plans may already be out of date. Every report above, and the MIXED article in the previous section, was published before Connect 2026, and the Connect 2026 posts we read do not announce a second Display or dual-display glasses.

That last point is only an observation about the Connect 2026 posts we read. It does not mean the reports were wrong; it means those products do not appear in the three Meta pages we read (checked October 31, 2026).

6. Wait for the next model, or buy now?

The Meta pages we read give no date to wait for, so the question is whether a pair you can buy now does what you need. If you want a display, Meta’s Connect 2026 posts discuss the Meta Ray-Ban Display, and press reports of a second generation come with no confirmed date. If you want camera glasses without a display, Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3) is the model those posts call “the next generation,” and our Gen 3 guide and Gen 2 guide set out the differences between the generations. For prices across the range, see how much Meta glasses cost and which Meta glasses to buy.

What Meta does date, for existing glasses, is software. Muse is coming to its AI glasses “in the coming months,” Dolby Atmos capture and a US hearing feature are due “later this year,” and Meta describes the hearing feature as “coming to supported AI glasses.” Check Meta’s site for which models are supported before assuming yours is included. If you are thinking of selling an older pair first, our Meta glasses trade-in guide covers the options.

7. Where OXIVUE fits

OXIVUE publishes this guide and sells the M08 described below. We do not speculate about anyone’s future products here, including our own. What we can state is what you can buy now: the M08 is $99 at checkout for one pair (listed $149; two or more pairs are 50% off all eyewear), with an 8 MP camera, open-ear speakers, about 42 g of weight and listed figures of 7 hours of listening and 4 hours of calls. It also does translation in 40+ languages through its free companion app; the translated audio is heard only by the wearer.

It is not a substitute for what Meta is reported to be working on. The M08 has no display, no prescription lenses and no Meta AI, and it is not a hearing aid: it is an open-ear audio frame. A capture starts only with a visible touch on the temple, and you should ask before recording people. If a display or Meta’s assistant is what you are waiting for, our smart glasses with display guide explains the three display types. If you want camera, audio and translation in a frame you can buy now, compare every model on the comparison page.

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