Snap and Qualcomm announced a long-term partnership, and consumer Specs run two Snapdragon chips, one for computer vision and one for AR experiences, though exact chip models were not disclosed at AWE 2026.
Snap's Specs run two Qualcomm Snapdragon chips, one reading the world around you (scenes, hand tracking) and one rendering the AR visuals Snap calls Lenses. Splitting the work keeps each processor on one job. Snap spent years building its own displays and silicon and still went to Qualcomm for the compute, the same call Samsung made on the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 and Xreal made on Project Aura.
What chip do smart glasses use?
Across the category · your product highlighted · each value tagged by confidence.
Snap SpecsDual Snapdragon (model unconfirmed)Confirmed
Apple GlassesModified Apple Watch S-series chipExpected
Meta Ray-Ban Gen 3AR1 next gen (unconfirmed)Highly expected
Meta Ray-Ban Gen 2Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1Confirmed
Meta GlassesSnapdragon AR1 Gen 1Confirmed
Samsung Galaxy GlassesSnapdragon AR1 family (Qualcomm; exact variant unconfirmed by Samsung)Highly expected
Xreal AuraX1S (glasses) + Snapdragon Reality Elite (puck)Widely reported