When Meta revealed the Project Orion AR glasses during Meta Connect in September, it hinted at an impressive future for smart glasses, even if Orion is still a prototype. We may get a teaser of what the future looks like next year as a report from The Wall Street Journal suggests that a new set of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses will feature a "single small in-lens screen.

We should take rumors with a pinch of salt, but the display-equipped Meta Ray-Bans were previously teased back in 2023 by a leak from The Verge which revealed Meta’s internal roadmap – a roadmap which pegged 2025 as the release year for these glasses.

Meta's Ray-Ban glasses are getting smarter thanks to an update that's introducing three features, including new AI functionality. In an announcement this week, Meta said the features are coming soon to its smart glasses.