Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses Meta introduced last year are catching up with consumers — Meta sold more pairs of new glasses in just a few months how much older 2021 Ray-Ban (then it was called “Stories”) in two full years.

Part of the success of the glasses can be attributed to taking criticism from the competition – and then employing them.

The person who introduced the new Ray-Ban Metas to Meta Connect in October 2023 is its VP of product, Li-Chen Miller, who stepped into Meta's role in 2022 after working for a Meta rival.

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According to a Bloomberg report on MondayMiller wrote a full email in late 2021 to Alex Himel, then Meta's head of wearables, detailing her experience with Ray-Ban Stories. She had bought them and had thoughts and ideas on what to improve.

“She wrote me an email articulating what she thought was good about the device and what was promising, and then a longer list of things she would improve,” Himel told Bloomberg.

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At the time, Miller was corporate vice president of Microsoft Search, Experiences, and Devices at Microsoft and had worked there for almost two decades in program manager roles. She even shared the stage with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in a major event of 2017where she demonstrated new workplace features.

Himel had not requested the list, although he agreed with most of Miller's points.

The next year, Miller took a job at Meta, leading the wearables division. The email she sent Himel played a key role in her landing the role she currently has at Meta, according to Bloomberg.

Miller may take the stage Wednesday at Meta's annual Connect event, where the company is based expected to be announced updates to his smart glasses.

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Meta has already shown that wearables are a focus moving forward. According to a press release from earlier this monthMeta aims to “write wearable history” by rolling out its Ray-Ban deal beyond 2030.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg also spoke positively about Ray-Ban Metas on the last earnings call in July and said the glasses had promising sales figures.

“Ray-Ban Meta continues to be a bigger success faster than we expected — thanks in part to AI,” Zuckerberg said. “Demand is still outstripping our ability to build them, but I hope we'll be able to meet that demand soon.”

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