Where to watch the Meta Connect livestream

Meta’s annual developer confab is streamed around the world, and you don’t need a headset to tune in. Whether you want to watch the CEO keynote on your TV or in some sort of immersive watch party within a virtual reality headset, here’s exactly where to go for the Meta Connect livestream, and how not to miss anything.

How to watch the Meta Connect keynote live today

The main stream usually takes place on Facebook Live through Meta’s official pages, such as Meta for Developers and Reality Labs. If you’re signed into Facebook, simply click the “Interested” or “Get Reminder” options on that event’s post so you’ll know when a broadcast starts. The keynote is also simulcast on Meta’s owned channels and has historically been rebroadcast over Facebook Watch once it concludes.

Meta itself frequently loads up a virtual theater in Meta Horizon for an in-headset showing. Or, if you’d rather do the lean-back approach, you can sling the Facebook Live video to a smart TV using the Facebook Watch app or through a browser on devices such as Apple TV, Google Chromecast or game consoles.

How to watch the Meta Connect stream on a Quest headset

Quest owners will be invited to official watch parties in Meta Horizon. Before the experience, just make sure to have a full charge, update your headset software and then launch Horizon. From either the Events or Featured tabs, look for “Meta Connect” to locate the official spot. Join early to ensure you won’t be shut out — virtual theaters can get full, and arriving before the keynote starts is an invitation to less onerous loading.

For longer segments, strap on or add a counterweight to the fitness tracker if you have one, and adjust your guardian boundary with a seated profile for comfort. If you’re particularly susceptible to the sorts of compression artifacts livestreaming involves, sit closer to the wall and move your computer to a 5 GHz Wi‑Fi network for more reliable bandwidth.

Set a reminder so you don’t miss the stream

Turn on Live notifications for the Meta for Developers Facebook page and indicate yourself “Interested” in the Connect event; Facebook will send a notification when it starts broadcasting. Receive updates on Meta Horizon in the Quest mobile app and turn on push notifications. If you have a calendar app, add the event from Meta’s announcements so it gets converted into your local time automatically — handy for those of you who are not in North America.

If you’re going to multitask, open this stream in a pinned browser window and turn the sound on (here’s how). And while we wait, picture-in-picture it! For groups, stream on a meeting room display with captions turned on for accessibility.

Streaming quality, captions and accessibility

Facebook Live usually serves up to 1080p with adaptive bitrate. A stable 5–10 Mbps connection is good to go for HD quality. If you’re experiencing lots of buffering, try switching to a wired connection or moving closer to your router. Facebook Watch is the most stable way to cast to a TV.

Meta typically offers live English subtitles on its streams, with more extensive captions included in the replay. If you use captions, turn them on by clicking the gear icon in the video player. If you’re a low-vision viewer, try watching the replay or increasing system font size on your device unless you watch these segments when they are published as clips!

What to look for during the Meta Connect broadcast

Connect traditionally kicks off with a keynote laying out Meta’s roadmap for AI, mixed reality and smart glasses before jumping to developer-focused sessions, technical deep dives and the like. Prior Connects have debuted significant hardware such as new Quest headsets and Ray‑Ban Meta smart glasses updates, plus software layers for AR and generative AI. This year, CNBC is looking out for consumer-ready AI glasses and a wrist-worn neural interface that acts as a hands-free controller, while Tom’s Guide has predictions on next-gen Ray‑Ban and VR gear.

If you’re just tuning in for the headline announcements, the developer sessions are worth a look. Demos, SDK updates and case studies largely feature how features like scene understanding, hand tracking and multimodal AI are maturing within the Meta ecosystem.

Missed it live? Watch the replay and highlights

If you can’t watch it live, Meta usually posts the entire keynote speech to Facebook Watch and its official channels afterward, as well as edited highlight reels and product trailers. Developer sessions are typically rolled up in the Meta for Developers repository and you can skip right to the portions that apply to your stack — we have everything from Presence Platform updates all the way down to smart glasses APIs.

For a summary, recap threads, likely from Meta executives and Reality Labs researchers, will appear on official social accounts. Outlets like CNBC and Tom’s Guide often run summaries and hands-on impressions that augment the raw stream with context and analysis.

Pro tips for seamless Meta Connect viewing at home

Check your audio path before the keynote starts — especially if you are screen-sharing to a room display.

Shut down other bandwidth-hogging apps, turn off battery savers that throttle performance and lower your stream resolution by a notch if your connection gets wonky. For VR, have a charger or battery pack ready to go and give wired headphones a go if you experience any Bluetooth desync with the stream.

With the right setup, you’ll be as clear-headed as possible about what’s next in Meta’s AI, AR and VR ambitions — or not miss out on the moments everyone will be talking about once they’re over.