Overview
- Snap unveiled SPECS at the Augmented World Expo on Tuesday and opened preorders with a $200 refundable deposit and an estimated ship window of fall 2026 for the U.S., U.K. and France.
- The glasses are fully standalone with no external puck, run on a dual Snapdragon architecture, use Snap’s liquid‑crystal‑on‑silicon displays with a roughly 51° field of view, and include electrochromic lenses that tint in about 10 seconds.
- Battery life is rated at about four hours of mixed use and the included charging case provides four additional full charges for up to 20 hours of use, while a magnetic cable lets users power the glasses during wear.
- Snap says SPECS do most processing on device, show a front LED when cameras record, and will gain parental controls later this year, but privacy and social acceptability concerns remain among observers.
- The $2,195 price and Snap’s reported heavy, multiyear AR investment position the company between low‑cost display glasses and high‑end headsets, with developer tools and a reported limited initial run of ~100,000 units shaping a cautious, developer‑first rollout.