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Spectacles 5

By Snap Inc · wearable

Price
$99/month subscription· actual sale price
Availability
Internal use only (not for retail).
Maturity
pilot
Real-world use
Yes, 1 verified deployment

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.

Readiness

Spectacles 5 is internal use only (not for retail) at $99/month subscription (actual sale price), no capability claims are on file, 1 verified deployment is on file, and no incidents are on record.

Availability
internal-only

Internal use only (not for retail).

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Price honesty
actual-sale-price

One price on file: $99/month subscription (actual sale price).

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Capability honesty
no-claims

No reviewed capability claims on file for Spectacles 5.

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Real-world use
pilot

Maturity: pilot. 1 verified deployment in the registry.

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Safety record
no-incidents

No incidents on record. 1 verified deployment on file.

What it claims to do

No reviewed capability claims on file.

Price

  • $99/month subscriptionactual sale price · as of 2026-01-01

Real-world use

Safety record

No incidents on record. 1 verified deployment on file.

Privacy

Privacy practices disclosed by Snap Inc for Spectacles 5, with verification status.

Specs

notes
  • Verified: 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.
  • Maturity = pilot (dev-only): 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.
  • AI-substance: GENUINE: 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.
  • Claimed but NOT verified: 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).
battery
4 h
weight_kg
0.135
formFactor
wearable (standalone AR glasses; dual waveguide displays; multimodal AI)

What's under the hood

No brain on file for Spectacles 5.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Spectacles 5 actually available for purchase?
Not available to consumers. In internal use by Snap Inc.Source: Snap unveils 5th-gen Spectacles + Snap OS (developer-only $99/mo)
What does the Spectacles 5 cost?
Spectacles 5 costs $99/month subscription (actual sale price).
Where is the Spectacles 5 being used?
Spectacles 5 is in use at: Global operated by Snap Inc.Source: Snap
Is the Spectacles 5 safe?
No incidents on record across 1 verified deployment.
How does the Spectacles 5 handle privacy?
Snap Inc has disclosed 10 privacy practices for Spectacles 5: capture indicator (An LED blinks when internet-connected Lenses are capturing camera, microphone, or location data. Published Lenses that combine internet a..), biometric storage (Collects hand size, knuckle spacing, hand position and motion, voice data, and eye distance measurements. Face, hand, and voice data is d..), training data use (Snap uses hand tracking, voice, and environmental recognition data to improve its AR machine learning models, and shares hand position an..), location tracking (Precise GPS is off by default and only enabled if you turn it on, used for location-specific Lenses and geotagging. Camera and microphone..), data retention (User captures such as photos and videos are retained until the user deletes them; biometric data including face, hands, and voice informa..), cloud upload (User captures stay on the Spectacles device and app until deleted; TrueDepth face data for eye-distance estimation is used in real time a..), third-party sharing (Snap shares Spectacles data with Lens developers who receive hand position and gesture information; Colocated Lens sessions share display..), data deletion control (Users can delete captures at any time via the Gallery or Spectacles App; account deletion removes all associated face, hands, and voice b..), bystander recording (Spectacles collect information about the physical space including walls, windows, furniture, and whether the user is in a vehicle; the mi..), and on-device processing (Captures stay on the device until deleted; eye distance data persists on the device; TrueDepth face data is processed in real time withou..).Source: https://values.snap.com/privacy/privacy-policy/spectacles-supplemental-privacy-policy?lang=en-US
Who makes the Spectacles 5?
Spectacles 5 is made by Snap Inc, based in Santa Monica, California, USA.Source: Snap unveils 5th-gen Spectacles + Snap OS (developer-only $99/mo)

Video

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Snap

Snap's framing of its Spectacles augmented-reality glasses. The fifth-generation Spectacles is a standalone see-through AR developer device, not a consumer shipping product.

Manufacturer

Snap Inc (registry record: /companies/snap)

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Sources

  1. Snap unveils 5th-gen Spectacles + Snap OS (developer-only $99/mo) · https://newsroom.snap.com/sps-2024-spectacles-snapos
  2. Snap Spectacles 5 standalone AR (dev-only subscription, US) · https://www.uploadvr.com/snap-spectacles-5-ar/
  3. Snap Spectacles + OpenAI partnership (multimodal AI Lenses) · https://www.maginative.com/article/snap-unveils-standalone-ar-spectacles-announces-openai-partnership-2/
  4. Snap to launch lightweight consumer 'Specs' in 2026 (separate future product) · https://investor.snap.com/news/news-details/2025/Snap-to-Launch-New-Lightweight-Immersive-Specs-in-2026/default.aspx
  5. Snap plans consumer AR glasses for 2026 (reported ~$2,500, fall 2026) · https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/10/snap-plans-to-sell-lightweight-consumer-ar-glasses-in-2026/
  6. Spectacles · https://www.spectacles.com/explore
  7. Snap Inc. - Wikipedia · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_Inc.
  8. Introducing SPECS Augmented Reality Glasses · https://newsroom.snap.com/introducing-specs-augmented-reality-glasses
  9. Snap · https://www.snap.com/
  10. Spectacles | Snap · https://www.spectacles.com/
  11. https://values.snap.com/privacy/privacy-policy/spectacles-supplemental-privacy-policy?lang=en-US

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