Meta Malibu 2 Smartwatch With AI Assistant Coming 2026

Meta is bringing a smartwatch to market in 2026. The Malibu 2 revives a project the company scrapped in 2022, this time pairing health tracking with a built-in AI assistant in a space Apple currently owns to the tune of roughly $41 billion in annual watch revenue.

For endurance athletes, the real question is whether the AI layer adds anything useful beyond what Garmin, Coros, or Polar already do. Those platforms have years of training load data, VO2 max modeling, and sport-specific metrics baked in. Meta starts from zero on that front.

The health tracking angle is worth watching. Whoop and Apple Watch have set a high bar for recovery metrics and continuous heart rate accuracy. If Meta can match that baseline and layer in genuinely responsive AI coaching, there is a real opening, especially for athletes who want conversational feedback rather than dashboard diving.

Right now there are no confirmed specs: no GPS details, no sensor list, no battery life numbers, no price point. That matters a lot for runners and triathletes who need reliable outdoor tracking and multi-day battery performance. A watch that dies after 18 hours is a non-starter for Ironman athletes.

Interesting on paper. Impossible to evaluate without specs. Check back when Meta shows actual hardware.