"Meta is planning to launch a smartwatch with health tracking and AI features later this year, along with an updated version of its Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, The Information reports. The smartwatch would arrive ahead of a pair of mixed reality glasses, code-named Phoenix, that Meta has reportedly delayed until 2027 amidst efforts to streamline the company's AR and MR roadmap. Meta previously scrapped plans for an earlier smartwatch in 2022 due to technical challenges and cost-cutting measures."
"If the new watch, code-named Malibu 2, comes to fruition, it would intensify competition with Apple, which is rumored to be working on a pair of AI smart glasses that could launch next year, potentially rivaling Meta's line of glasses. Meta would also face significant competition for users' wrist space from Google, Garmin, Samsung, Fitbit, and others. The Malibu 2"
Meta plans to release the Malibu 2 smartwatch with health tracking and AI features later this year alongside an updated Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses model. The smartwatch is expected to ship before a mixed-reality glasses product, code-named Phoenix, which has been delayed until 2027 as Meta streamlines its AR and MR roadmap. An earlier smartwatch effort was canceled in 2022 because of technical challenges and cost-cutting. Malibu 2 would increase competition with Apple and other wearable makers such as Google, Garmin, Samsung, and Fitbit. Ray-Ban Display glasses use a neural wristband for gesture controls that a smartwatch could replace.
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