Meta showed a pocket AI companion, new 43-gram audio glasses, hologram calls and VR glasses light enough to wear like sunglasses. Connect 2026 was a hardware blitz. The tiny device at the center of it was Muse Charm.
Meet Muse Charm
Charm is a pocket-size, voice-first device for talking with Muse, Meta’s personal AI agent. Meta previewed it at Connect and says more details are coming later this year. There is no announced price or release date yet.
AI glasses at 43 grams
Ray-Ban Meta Audio puts open-ear sound, calls and hands-free AI into a lighter frame. Meta also showed more Ray-Ban and Oakley styles as it pushes AI glasses into more everyday looks.
Hologram calls, from your glasses
Meta Ray-Ban Display is getting a new kind of video call: a photorealistic digital version of your face, driven by your voice. Meta says early access on WhatsApp in the US starts later this fall. New hands-free navigation is also on the way.
VR glasses. About 100 grams.
Meta VR Glasses pack a personal cinema, live sports, games and a private workspace into a roughly 100-gram design. Meta plans to sell them in spring 2027 in the US for $1,299.99.
The bigger reveal
Meta wants Muse to follow you from phone to pocket to glasses. The agent is already in an app; Charm and several glasses features are still previews or future releases. But the direction is hard to miss: AI you can speak to while moving through the world, with hardware built around it. Which of these would you actually use?