{"id":391665,"date":"2026-04-10T13:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/391665\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:51:07","slug":"snap-gets-closer-to-releasing-new-ai-glasses-after-years-long-hiatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/391665\/","title":{"rendered":"Snap gets closer to releasing new AI glasses after years-long hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Snap has announced a new partnership between its AR-glasses focused subsidiary, Specs, and chipmaker Qualcomm, as the company revs up for the release of its wearable later this year.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Snapchat creator has been teasing the release of the glasses\u2014dubbed Spectacles, or merely Specs\u2014for a long time and, earlier this year, it <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/01\/28\/snap-gets-serious-about-specs-spins-ar-glasses-into-standalone-company\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spun off a new company<\/a> to specifically focus on the business venture. In February, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/02\/19\/at-a-critical-moment-snap-loses-a-top-specs-exec\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">abruptly parted ways<\/a> with Scott Myers, its SVP of Specs, over a reported \u201cblow-up\u201d between himself and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The newly announced partnership with Qualcomm shows signs of life for the project. Specs will be\u00a0powered by\u00a0Qualcomm\u2019s Snapdragon XR platforms, which are its systems-on-a-chip designed to power augmented and virtual reality devices, a press release states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two companies will develop\u00a0\u201con-device AI, cutting-edge graphics, and advanced multiuser digital experiences\u201d as part of a multi-year strategic agreement, a press release claims.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur work with Qualcomm provides a strong foundation for the future of Specs, bringing developers and consumers advanced technology and performance that pushes the boundaries of what\u2019s possible,\u201d Spiegel said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The saga of Specs has been a long one. Snap originally began developing the product over a decade ago.  The last consumer-facing version of the glasses was released in 2019. Since 2024, the glasses have been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/09\/17\/snaps-extremely-large-spectacles-bring-impressive-ar-to-developers-at-99-a-month\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a developer-only product<\/a>\u2014giving Snap the opportunity to work on seeding new kinds of programs that the company hopes will draw users to it upon launch. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Snap has announced a new partnership between its AR-glasses focused subsidiary, Specs, and chipmaker Qualcomm, as the company&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[220,937,218,219,61,60,2725,1301,1303,1538,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-391665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-ar","10":"tag-artificial-intelligence","11":"tag-artificialintelligence","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-qualcomm","15":"tag-snap","16":"tag-snapchat","17":"tag-specs","18":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}