The FCC filing in question<\/a>\u00a0contains the names \u2018Ray-Ban Meta Scriber\u2019 and \u2018Ray-Ban Meta Blazer\u2019, describing them as \u201cproduction units\u201d, which could mean launch is fairly close.<\/p>\n Typically, FCC filings are one of the last stops before launch, as we saw with the last three hardware generations of Ray-Ban smart glasses, all three of which released less than a month after their respective FCC filings.<\/p>\n The company\u2019s second-gen smart glasses released in 2025 include hardware refreshes of its popular Ray-Ban glasses, as well as Oakley Meta HSTN, Oakley Meta Vanguard, and the $800\u00a0Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses<\/a>\u2014the company\u2019s first smart glasses to include a heads-up display.<\/p>\n As Roettgers points out, the new FCC filings are largely devoid of details or images of the devices, however a charging case was mentioned in testing\u2014an accessory provided with all generations of the companies\u2019 smart glasses.<\/p>\n Model numbers for Blazer and Scriber, respectively RW7001 and RW7002, are also new, which suggests we\u2019re dealing with a new hardware generation.<\/p>\n Additionally, the devices were tested using the Wi-Fi 6 U-NII-4 band (5.9 GHz). Notably, the company\u2019s latest smart glasses use Wi-Fi 6E (6 GHz), which does not operate in the 5.9 GHz U-NII-4 band.<\/p>\n This comes amid a significant shift in priorities at Reality Labs, Meta\u2019s XR division. In January, the company laid off at least 10 percent of staff at Reality Labs<\/a>, as the company has doubled down on AI and smart glasses, and reduced spending on first-party VR content.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ray-ban-meta-glasses.jpg\")
<\/a>Array of Meta smart glasses | Image courtesy Brad Lynch<\/p>\n