{"id":"8244ac46-26c8-42c3-b6c0-fc2371dc38af","companyId":"dde4cfaa-af11-4903-be09-d5088c4f5066","modelName":"Spectacles 5","slug":"snap-spectacles-5","description":"Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP; Santa Monica) announced its fifth-generation Spectacles at the September 2024 Snap Partner Summit: standalone augmented-reality glasses running Snap OS with dual see-through waveguide displays, hand-tracking, and a voice interface. The hardware weighs 226 grams, carries four cameras and a roughly 46-degree diagonal field of view on a dual Snapdragon system-on-chip, and runs about 45 minutes standalone. Crucially, Spectacles 5 is distributed to developers only, through a $99-per-month subscription with a one-year commitment in the US, rather than at retail. The AI is genuine and multimodal: Snap partnered with OpenAI and supports Gemini on Google Cloud, so developers build multimodal AI Lenses and the My AI assistant can read signs, translate menus, and identify objects from natural language, making AI a defining axis rather than veneer. The registry records it at pilot maturity to reflect the developer-only distribution, the short battery life, and the program gating. Snap has separately announced a lightweight consumer product called Specs for 2026, reported by the press at around $2,500 for a fall 2026 launch and backed by an April 2026 Qualcomm Snapdragon-XR partnership for on-device compute, but that is a separate, not-yet-shipped future product noted here rather than a distinct registry entry, and its pricing and specs are not Snap-confirmed.","formFactor":"wearable","maturityStage":"pilot","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified","value":"Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP; Santa Monica) announced the 5th-gen Spectacles at its Sept 2024 Partner Summit: standalone AR glasses on Snap OS with dual waveguides. Distributed developer-only at $99/month (1-year commitment, US). Snap also announced lightweight consumer 'Specs' for 2026 and a Qualcomm Snapdragon-XR partnership (Apr 2026) for on-device compute."},{"label":"Maturity = pilot (dev-only)","value":"Developer-only subscription, not consumer retail; ~45 min battery and dev-program gating reinforce pilot status. The 2026 consumer 'Specs' is a SEPARATE, not-yet-shipped future product (announced/research) - noted here, not a distinct registry entity yet."},{"label":"AI-substance: GENUINE","value":"True multimodal visual AI (see/say/hear context) with named model partnerships (OpenAI, Gemini), running on standalone AR hardware. AI is a defining axis, not veneer."},{"label":"Claimed but NOT verified","value":"Fall 2026 / ~$2,500 figures are press-reported, not Snap-confirmed; consumer 'Specs' hardware specs unannounced."}],"specs":"Spectacles 5 (announced Sept 2024): standalone, Snap OS, dual see-through waveguide displays, hand-tracking + voice UI; 226g, 4 cameras, ~46 deg diagonal FOV, dual Snapdragon SoC, ~45 min runtime. Distribution: developer-only via $99/month subscription, 1-year commitment, US only (NOT retail). AI: OpenAI + Gemini (Google Cloud) multimodal Lenses + 'My AI' (read signs, translate menus, identify objects). Next-gen consumer 'Specs' targeted 2026 (separate, not-yet-shipped).","formFactor":"wearable (standalone AR glasses; dual waveguide displays; multimodal AI)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://newsroom.snap.com/sps-2024-spectacles-snapos","title":"Snap unveils 5th-gen Spectacles + Snap OS (developer-only $99/mo)","sourceName":"Snap (newsroom)"},{"url":"https://www.uploadvr.com/snap-spectacles-5-ar/","title":"Snap Spectacles 5 standalone AR (dev-only subscription, US)","sourceName":"UploadVR"},{"url":"https://www.maginative.com/article/snap-unveils-standalone-ar-spectacles-announces-openai-partnership-2/","title":"Snap Spectacles + OpenAI partnership (multimodal AI Lenses)","sourceName":"Maginative"},{"url":"https://investor.snap.com/news/news-details/2025/Snap-to-Launch-New-Lightweight-Immersive-Specs-in-2026/default.aspx","title":"Snap to launch lightweight consumer 'Specs' in 2026 (separate future product)","sourceName":"Snap (investor relations)"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/10/snap-plans-to-sell-lightweight-consumer-ar-glasses-in-2026/","title":"Snap plans consumer AR glasses for 2026 (reported ~$2,500, fall 2026)","sourceName":"TechCrunch"}],"aliases":["Snap Spectacles 5","Spectacles","Snap Specs"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T19:52:44.923Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T19:52:44.923Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/snap-spectacles-5","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/snap-spectacles-5","name":"Spectacles 5","alternateName":["Snap Spectacles 5","Spectacles","Snap Specs"],"description":"Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP; Santa Monica) announced its fifth-generation Spectacles at the September 2024 Snap Partner Summit: standalone augmented-reality glasses running Snap OS with dual see-through waveguide displays, hand-tracking, and a voice interface. The hardware weighs 226 grams, carries four cameras and a roughly 46-degree diagonal field of view on a dual Snapdragon system-on-chip, and runs about 45 minutes standalone. Crucially, Spectacles 5 is distributed to developers only, through a $99-per-month subscription with a one-year commitment in the US, rather than at retail. The AI is genuine and multimodal: Snap partnered with OpenAI and supports Gemini on Google Cloud, so developers build multimodal AI Lenses and the My AI assistant can read signs, translate menus, and identify objects from natural language, making AI a defining axis rather than veneer. The registry records it at pilot maturity to reflect the developer-only distribution, the short battery life, and the program gating. Snap has separately announced a lightweight consumer product called Specs for 2026, reported by the press at around $2,500 for a fall 2026 launch and backed by an April 2026 Qualcomm Snapdragon-XR partnership for on-device compute, but that is a separate, not-yet-shipped future product noted here rather than a distinct registry entry, and its pricing and specs are not Snap-confirmed.","identifier":"8244ac46-26c8-42c3-b6c0-fc2371dc38af","category":"wearable","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}}}