Snap Specs · Reported Feature

True AR through see-through waveguides

Unlike screenless audio glasses, Specs place digital objects directly into your field of view through transparent waveguide lenses. CEO Evan Spiegel calls Specs "a way to use computing together in shared experiences in the real world, looking up through see-through lenses rather than at an opaque screen."

Snap's new Specs aren't a heads-up display that floats notifications in front of you, they're closer to a full VR headset you can wear in public, projecting spatial apps through lenses you can actually see the world through. Meta's current display glasses show 2D info like a ticker; Specs are built for apps that exist in three dimensions around you. Whether Snap can get developers to build for that is a separate problem, but the hardware ambition here is a clear step above what Meta's shipping today.

iDevice Confidence

Confirmed

Officially confirmed. This one is settled.

Which smart glasses have a display?

Across the category · your product highlighted · each value tagged by confidence.

Snap SpecsBinocular waveguideConfirmed
Apple GlassesNone — audio/camera onlyExpected
Meta Ray-Ban Gen 3None — audio/camera onlyHighly expected
Meta Ray-Ban Gen 2None — audio/camera onlyConfirmed
Meta GlassesNone — audio/camera onlyConfirmed
Samsung Galaxy GlassesNone — audio/camera onlyHighly expected
Xreal AuraBinocular micro-OLED see-throughWidely reported

Sources reporting this (5)

Snap unveils $2,195 Specs AR glassesCNBC · Jul 10, 2026
Snap’s New AR Glasses Are Trying to Beat Meta to the PunchGizmodo · Jun 16, 2026
Snap Reveals Next-gen Specs AR Glasses, Priced at $2,200Road to VR · Jun 16, 2026
Snap’s Long-Awaited Consumer Specs Step Into the LightAR Insider · Jun 16, 2026
Snap's $2,195 Specs aren't smartglasses, they're the augmented reality dream we've been waiting forAndroid Police · Jun 17, 2026