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Mentra Live vs Spectacles 5 in 2026

Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.

Key differences

  • Spectacles 5 has more verified real-world deployments (1 vs 0).
  • Mentra Live is at the commercial stage; Spectacles 5 at the pilot stage.
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ManufacturerMentraSnap Inc
Form factorwearablewearable
Maturitycommercialpilot
Autonomy——
Availabilityshipping-nowshippinginternal-onlyenterprise
Price$349 (actual sale price)Not announced
Capability claims——
Brain——
Verified deployments01Global
Privacy practices—10training-data-use, biometric-storage, capture-indicator, location-tracking, data-retention, cloud-upload, third-party-sharing, data-deletion-control, bystander-recording, on-device-processing
Sources on file19

Editorial summaries

Mentra Live

Mentra Live smart glasses are available for purchase directly from mentraglass.com and are shipping now; Batch 1 sold out and Batch 2 is on sale, limited to 1,000 units per batch. Mentra Live is priced at $349 USD as listed on the manufacturer's website; prescription lens add-on is $99 USD.

Spectacles 5

Snap's Spectacles 5 are standalone AR glasses (Snap OS, dual see-through waveguide displays, hand-tracking and voice, four cameras, ~46-degree field of view, ~45-minute runtime) and the AR-first corner of the wearable-AI cohort, distinct from the capture-first recorders (Plaud, Omi) and the assistant-first camera glasses (Meta Ray-Ban, Rokid). The AI is genuine: multimodal Lenses and a 'My AI' assistant powered by OpenAI and Google's Gemini (read signs, translate menus, identify objects). DEPLOY records it at pilot maturity, because it is not a consumer product: distribution is developer-only, a $99-per-month subscription with a one-year commitment, US-only, not retail. There is therefore no consumer purchase price. A next-generation consumer device, 'Specs', is targeted for 2026 but has not shipped.

Common questions

What is the difference between Mentra Live and Spectacles 5?
Mentra Live and Spectacles 5 are both wearable robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.
Which has more verified deployments, Mentra Live or Spectacles 5?
Spectacles 5 has more verified deployments (1) on the DEPLOY registry than Mentra Live (0). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

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