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Snap Specs AR glasses launch progresses

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Snap Inc. continues to roll out unveiled its first consumer‑focused AR glasses, branded Specs. After Specs, at the mid‑June announcement of a Augmented World Expo in Long Beach on 16 June. Priced at $2,195 price and with a refundable $200 deposit, the standalone device ships in September 2026 shipment window for to the United States, United Kingdom and France, Snap scheduled a livestream on 16 September from Los Angeles to detail the final product. France. The event will confirm launch triggered a market reaction, with Snap’s share price of about $2,200, offer two frame sizes, and highlight AI integrations from OpenAI falling between 5 % and Google, alongside 8 % in the days that followed. Specs combine two Qualcomm Snapdragon processors and the same processors, a 51‑degree LCoS display. Pre‑orders, opened with a $200 refundable deposit in June, remain active, waveguide display, interchangeable prescription inserts and Snap expects deliveries electro‑chromic lenses that tint in seconds. Battery life is about four hours of mixed use, extendable to France roughly 20 hours with an included charging case. Additional hardware disclosed on 21 June includes dual cameras, infrared sensors, six‑axis inertial tracking and additional European markets later in USB‑C connectivity for external display use. A rumor on 23 June suggested Snap was negotiating a $100 million stock package for actor Robert Downey Jr. as a brand ambassador, though neither party confirmed the autumn. Earlier in July, report. On 11 July Snap demonstrated debuted the Snap Spectacles 2026 at the Augmented World Expo in AWE Hong Kong, adding featuring the same dual‑Snapdragon architecture, hand‑tracking, photochromic lenses and a silicon‑on‑display optics system while retaining the dual‑processor architecture and four‑hour mixed‑use battery life (extendable to about 20 hours with a charging case). optics. The company is positioning the glasses for immersive highlighted education and a broader AR app ecosystem, citing real‑time use cases such as 3‑D visualizations, on‑the‑fly translations real‑time translation and AI‑driven tutoring. Chinese competitor Rokid has also entered Snap will detail the market with its AI‑enabled Rokid AR glasses, underscoring growing competition final Specs product in a consumer‑focused livestream from Los Angeles on 16 September, confirming a price of roughly $2,200, two frame sizes and AI integrations from OpenAI and Google. Deliveries to France and other European markets are slated for autumn. Financially, Snap reported Q2 revenue of $1.6 billion, beating expectations and lifting the premium AR wearables space. stock more than 10 % in after‑hours trading on 3 August. The company announced a 16 % workforce reduction and a new PR partnership in Norway, while reaffirming the September Specs launch.

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