Snap’s First Consumer AR ‘Specs’ Glasses Will Arrive in 2026

Snap Inc. plans to launch its first consumer pair of augmented-reality glasses next year, beating a planned release from rival Meta Platforms Inc. by several months.

The new eyewear, called Specs, will be a smaller and lighter version of a device called Spectacles it made available to software developers last year, the company said Tuesday. Those glasses, which are available to developers for $99 per month, run the company’s Snap OS operating system and are controlled using hand gestures, two features that will come to the consumer version.

Snap has been working on smart glasses for years, though earlier ...