{"id":30395,"date":"2026-02-21T23:14:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=30395"},"modified":"2026-02-21T23:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:14:38","slug":"meta-reportedly-reviving-smartwatch-project-and-plans-to-launch-later-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=30395","title":{"rendered":"Meta reportedly reviving smartwatch project, and plans to launch later this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/hardwarezone\/760b93f222c9d70ee3f483df7e1eddf1bd1d7813181426b6cfb4949dd200fba6\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">Meta could <b>enter the smartwatch market<\/b> as early as this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">According to The Information, Meta has revived its smartwatch project and is planning a release later this year. Internally code-named \u201c<b>Malibu 2<\/b>\u201d, the company\u2019s first smartwatch is said to feature <b>health-tracking capabilities<\/b> and some sort of <b>integration with Meta AI<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">The report also suggests the smartwatch may debut alongside an updated pair of Ray-Ban smart glasses equipped with facial recognition features.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">Meta had previously been working on a smartwatch with messaging and health features in 2021. However, the company paused work on the device along with its smart display efforts as part of a broader cost-cutting initiative and corporate restructuring. <\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">Source: The Information via MacRumors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardwarezone.com.sg\/mobile\/wearables\/meta-smartwatch-revival-project-launch-later-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta could enter the smartwatch market as early as this year. According to The Information, Meta has revived its smartwatch project and is planning a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[713,5987,40,781,3465,5318,15691,791],"class_list":["post-30395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-launch","tag-meta","tag-plans","tag-project","tag-reportedly","tag-reviving","tag-smartwatch","tag-year","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}