Snap Inc. on June 16 unveiled SPECS, its first standalone consumer augmented-reality glasses, at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Long Beach, opening preorders priced at $2,195. Shipping is slated for fall 2026 in the US, UK and France.
June 16, 2026 · Snap Inc. · AWE 2026
Snap unveils "Specs" — standalone consumer AR glasses at $2,195
A fully tetherless see-through AR pair running Snap OS 2.0, billed by CEO Evan Spiegel as "the computer of the future." Preorders open now with a $200 refundable deposit; shipping fall 2026 in the US, UK and France.
$2,195
Price ($200 refundable deposit)
132g
Weight (47mm; 136g for 52mm)
51°
Diagonal field of view (~115")
7,000+
Patents over a decade of AR
Battery: the early-adopter ceiling
Up to 4 hours on the glasses alone — extended to up to 20 hours with the charging case.
Inside the glasses
Optics
LCoS + waveguide see-through · 16M colors · 7ms motion-to-photon · electrochromic lenses tint in 10s
Processor
Dual Snapdragon XR — one for computer vision & AR, one for display & hand tracking
Input & AI
Gestures + voice · 6 MEMS mics · stereo speakers · Snap AI · 4M existing Lenses
The bet
Standalone, no tether or battery pack. Major weight cuts over Spectacles 5, a developer preview, Lens Studio SDK, and integrations with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor — pitched as the gap-filler between bulky headsets and trivial light glasses.
The doubts
Developers question the high price and the look. Up-to-4-hour battery, reported initial run of ~100,000 units, and unproven long-session comfort at 132g leave it aimed at early adopters for now.
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