{"id":9878,"date":"2026-01-06T16:02:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=9878"},"modified":"2026-01-06T16:02:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:02:39","slug":"meta-pauses-international-expansion-of-its-ray-ban-display-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=9878","title":{"rendered":"Meta pauses international expansion of its Ray-Ban Display glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meta is pausing its plans to sell its Ray-Ban Display glasses outside the U.S. due to \u201cunprecedented demand and limited supply,\u201d the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meta.com\/blog\/ces-2026-meta-ray-ban-display-teleprompter-emg-handwriting-garmin-unified-cabin-university-of-utah-tetraski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said<\/a> on Tuesday. Meta had originally planned to launch the glasses in France, Italy, Canada, and the U.K. in early 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSince launching last fall, we\u2019ve seen an overwhelming amount of interest, and as a result, product waitlists now extend well into 2026,\u201d the company said. \u201cBecause of this unprecedented demand and limited inventory, we\u2019ve decided to pause our planned international expansion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meta says it will continue focusing on fulfilling U.S. orders while it re-evaluates its approach to international availability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/09\/17\/meta-unveils-new-smart-glasses-with-a-display-and-wristband-controller\/\">Unveiled<\/a> in September, the Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses are controlled by a wristband called the Meta Neural Band, which detects subtle hand gestures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At CES this week in Las Vegas, Meta showed off new features coming to the glasses and the Neural Band. The glasses are getting a new teleprompter feature that gives users a portable way to deliver prepared remarks. Plus, users can now\u00a0jot down messages using their finger on any surface while wearing Meta Neural Band and have those movements transcribed into digital messages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meta is also expanding pedestrian navigation to Denver, Las Vegas, Portland, and Salt Lake City. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/01\/06\/meta-pauses-international-expansion-of-its-ray-ban-display-glasses\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta is pausing its plans to s&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[249],"tags":[607,7473],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9878"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}