Qualcomm launches the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, a mobile chip designed to run 30-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts AI models directly on phones, targeting next year’s Android flagships alongside Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 wearables hardware.
Meta unveils its first audio-only AI glasses, the $349 Ray-Ban Meta Audio, shipping October 13 with 12-hour battery life, alongside $449 Gen 3 camera glasses with 3K video and a customizable Meta AI button.
Meta unveils the Charm AI pendant and expands its Muse assistant with voice, interactive avatars, Mac control, email and AI-glasses access, while Mark Zuckerberg says the 2-inch-display wearable packs 5G, dual cameras and a fingerprint sensor.
Meta unveils $1,299.99, 100-gram Meta VR Glasses for spring 2027 while expanding Ray-Ban AI wearables with 12-hour open-ear audio models and adding Mac control and real-time voice avatars to Muse.
Meta unveils the Charm keychain, due in December as Mark Zuckerberg’s fastest way to talk to Muse, while bringing the private, vision-aware AI agent to its smart glasses within months and adding PayPal, Walmart, Shopify, GitHub and Box as partners.
Global AI-glasses shipments jump 263% year over year in the first half of 2026, with Meta controlling about 94% of display-less models through new Ray-Ban Meta variants and lower-priced Meta Glasses.
Meta launches $349 camera-free Ray-Ban Audio glasses shipping October 13 with music, calls and AI features, alongside a $149 FDA-cleared Hearing Enhancement mode that turns compatible glasses into over-the-counter hearing aids.
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2, an on-device AI platform for earbuds, smart glasses, watches and pins that it says doubles AI capability while using 40% less power and can run multiple AI agents at once.
Meta unveils Ray-Ban Meta Audio, its first audio-only glasses, shipping October 13 from $349, while Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 launches globally from $449 with a Meta AI action button, nine-hour battery life and 12 MP/3K capture.
Apple unveils Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 with an S11 chip powering AI health, Siri and audio tools, including heart-rate readings every five seconds and a Readiness score that requires seven days of qualifying sleep data.