From CNET: If you want to buy a pair of Meta's Ray-Ban Display glasses, you may be in for a long wait, especially if you live outside the US.
Meta said in a blog post Tuesday that a combination of strong demand and "extremely limited inventory" of the new augmented reality glasses, introduced in September, has caused it to pause a planned early 2026 expansion to the UK, France, Italy and Canada. It noted that current product waitlists now extend deep into this year.
"We'll continue to focus on fulfilling orders in the US while we re-evaluate our approach to international availability," a company spokesperson wrote in the post, which also detailed news items related to CES 2026.
Smart glasses are having a boom moment as 2026 gets underway, with technology companies investing heavily in eyewear as a home for cameras, displays, microphones and no small amount of AI features. Google and Xreal, for instance, just introduced their Project Aura glasses, coming this year, and it's widely expected that Apple will join the fray in the coming months.
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