Snap opens preorders for $2,195 Specs AR glasses (opens in new tab)

Snap unveiled Specs, its first augmented-reality glasses aimed at consumers, at Augmented World Expo 2026 in Long Beach, California, on June 16. The glasses cost $2,195, can be reserved with a $200 refundable deposit, and are expected to ship this fall in the United States, the United Kingdom and France. Snap says Specs are a standalone wearable computer built into see-through AR glasses, with no phone tether, external battery pack or processing puck required. CEO Evan Spiegel described the d...