Archive · 20 Sep 2025
Meta's AI Smart Glasses Demo Fails Live On Stage
Meta's new AI-powered smart glasses, designed to help with everyday tasks, had a rough start.
During a live demonstration, the glasses and their features repeatedly failed, leaving both the presenter and audience confused.
These failures included an AI cooking demo going wrong and problems answering a video call.
Meta blamed the Wi-Fi, but a software bug may have caused the issues.
The glitches have raised questions about the readiness of this technology.
Meta's AI smart glasses demo crashed multiple times at Meta Connect 2025.
The "Live AI" cooking demo and a video call both failed during the presentation.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg blamed a "messed up" WiFi connection for the problems.
Meta's CTO revealed the problem may have been due to a software bug.
The failures have raised questions about consumer confidence in Meta's AI ambitions.
- Who
- Meta
- What
- AI smart glasses demo failures
- When
- During Meta Connect 2025
- Where
- Meta Connect 2025
- Why
- Demonstrate new product features
Criticism
Analyst Perspective
Public Reaction
Criticism
Critics quick to react on the failures
Analyst Perspective
Analyst predict backlash but praise the live demo
- Product
- Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses
- Price
- $799
- Event
- Meta Connect 2025
- Key Issue
- Live Demo Failures
- Cause
- Multiple glitches; WiFi and software
Sources
Mark Zuckerberg blames Wi-Fi after new Meta Ray Ban smart glasses fail to vow amid multiple glitches during demo
Why Meta’s new Ray-Ban Display smart glasses are Apple’s biggest threat
Smart glasses and unlocking ‘superintelligence’