Overview
- The Information reports Meta plans to release its first smartwatch this year with health tracking and a built‑in Meta AI assistant.
- The effort revives a project shelved in 2022, now code‑named Malibu 2, and Meta declined to comment on the reports.
- Coverage indicates the watch is meant to work with Ray‑Ban Display smart glasses, potentially replacing the neural wristband’s gesture controls.
- Meta is pacing device launches, with its Phoenix mixed‑reality glasses reportedly delayed to 2027 and international Ray‑Ban Display expansion still on hold due to U.S. demand.
- A 2026 launch would position Meta against Apple, Samsung, Google, Garmin and Fitbit as AI‑enabled wearables gain momentum.