Meta Ray-Ban Stories Smart Glasses - Failure Museum

Meta Smart Glasses

Launched in 2021 one month before changing its name from Facebook, Meta's Smart Glasses allowed users to take photos and listen to music with the frames of their glasses.  However, less than 10% of glasses were actively used by purchasers. Among th ...

Facebook Workplace - Failure Museum

Facebook Workplace

In 2024, Meta shut down Workplace, a version of Facebook that had been built to enable communication among business teams and wider organizations. That marked the end of a ten-year run for the product, which peaked at 7 million paid subscribers. M ...

HTC First - Failure Museum

HTC First “Facebook Phone”

In 2013, it was the first and only Android device to be pre-loaded with Facebook's own user interface layer. Panned by critics for its poor camera and lack of removable storage, and was also affected by the similarly underwhelming reception faced b ...