Snap Unveils Specs: Standalone AR Glasses Priced at $2,195 as Post-Smartphone Computing Vision

Snap has officially launched Specs, fully standalone augmented reality glasses arriving this fall for $2,195, marking the company's bid to position spatial computing as the next frontier beyond smartphones. Announced in June 2026 at the Augmented World Expo, the sixth-generation Specs represent the culmination of Snap's 11-year, $3 billion-plus investment in AR hardware. The glasses ship with dual Qualcomm Snapdragon processors, a 51-degree field-of-view display with 16 million colors (30% larger than previous-generation Spectacles), and proprietary liquid-crystal-on-silicon display technology. They weigh 132 to 136 grams depending on frame size, feature hand tracking input, and deliver up to four hours of mixed-use battery life, or 20 hours with the included charging case.