Overview
- The product, which launched on Wednesday, is available for pre-order with a $200 refundable deposit and Snap says it will ship to the US, UK and France this fall.
- Specs are a fully standalone wearable computer that houses two Snapdragon processors, a display in each lens with a 51-degree field of view, electrochromic (tinting) lenses and about four hours of battery life per charge or up to 20 hours with the charging case.
- Snap introduced Specs Intelligence, an anticipatory AI service that builds a contextual model from apps you connect and surfaces timely actions across the glasses, iPhone and Mac without requiring the glasses to run.
- Snap is selling a Verizon-connected charging case that enables cellular use for an extra monthly fee and is pitching a ‘Specs for Enterprise’ push with partners including Salesforce, NVIDIA and AWS to target field work and developer use cases.
- Early coverage praised the technical capabilities but raised doubts about the $2,195 price, chunky fit and camera safety; SNAP shares dipped about 1.9% after the unveiling and a single-source report said the first run may be capped near 100,000 units.