Dual Snapdragon processors power the fully-connected hardware launching this fall
Snap officially launched its augmented reality glasses, called Specs, at the Augmented World Expo 2026.
Moving on from years of developer-only editions, the company is positioning this new iteration as a consumer-friendly pair designed to integrate personal computing with everyday life.
Demos shown by Snap include Specs display and help with maps and directions, real-time language translation, touch control, content assistance with car maintenance, cooking timers, and furniture measurements.
Built without an external compute puck or smartphone, the new design aims to strike a balance between bulky earphones and the current crop of premium camera eyewear.
The hardware is available in two different sizes, too. The smaller 47mm model weighs 132g, while the larger 52mm version weighs a bit more at 136g.
Visuals are driven by a liquid-crystal-on-silicon display system that achieves a 51-degree field of view, which significantly expands the display area over previous iterations.
And to accommodate changing environments, the glasses use an advanced waveguide design paired with electrochromic lenses that can smoothly change from clear to dark in about 10 seconds, the company said.
Internal hardware targets very low latency
Under the hood, Snap has included a dual-chip design with two Snapdragon processors.
One chip is dedicated to handling advanced computer vision tasks, such as hand tracking, while the second uses augmented reality overlays that Snap refers to as lenses.
To help deliver—along with standard Specs functions, such as music listening, photo capture, and private display viewing—Snap is also enhancing its developer ecosystem with new agent development previews in Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor, along with a native development kit that allows creators to import outside libraries.
On a single charge, Snap says the glasses can provide up to 4 hours of active, mixed battery life, which extends to 20 hours with the included portable charging case.
Pre-orders open immediately for $2,195 (with a $200 refundable deposit), with units scheduled to ship this fall across the US, UK, and France.
Wareable take: Ten years on, Snap’s challenge remains the same
In fact, which makes us feel incredibly old, it’s been ten years since Snap Spectacles first hit vending machines in the US.
Snap Spectacles 1, the brand’s video-recording smart glasses designed specifically for Snapchat, were followed by the second and third generations in the following years, but the company never really managed to turn the initial hype into big sales.
Since the release of Snap Specs 3 in 2019—the last consumer release of the product—there have been many reports and inquiries about what’s next in the space.
Now, mercifully, we finally have the answer: a bold and expensive pair of ‘true’ AR glasses. At over $2,000, the latest Specs is clearly not a random purchase for the average Snapchat user, but an ecosystem game aimed at beginners and dedicated creators.
Although the hardware has improved a lot during this time, the game remains the same; Snap must find a way to make the experience compelling to users in the long run. That’s less of a challenge in 2026 than in 2016, with the idea of smart glasses now more embedded in the wider community. However, at this price, it will take some time—and maybe an iteration or two—before you start seeing specs in the wild.