Snap announced that its Specs AR glasses, still set to launch this fall, have a cross-platform AI agent and an optional cellular charging case for on-the-go connectivity.
At a launch event in LA this week, the company revealed Specs Intelligence as a core feature of the $2195 device, which it formally announced and opened preorders for back in June . Specs is still set to be the first fully standalone true AR glasses outside China, and the most advanced on the planet that you can actually buy, beating companies like Meta and Apple to market.
If you're unfamiliar with the term AI agent, it's distinct from the idea of an AI chatbot in that agents can take actions, rather than just providing a response. AI coding agents such as OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude Code have become a core tool for software engineers, while Meta's consumer AI agent Muse recently shot up to the top of the iPhone App Store with a focus on managing your email, calendar, bookings, and other online tasks. Specs Intelligence seems to be taking on the same market.
Specs Intelligence will support iPhone, Mac and Specs. While it will eventually allow for a wide range of agentic actions, with Snap giving examples such as booking hotels and buying cinema tickets, the initial preview release will be far more limited. On iPhone, the US-only public preview simply provides "insights" from your Gmail and Google Calendar, while the fuller experience on macOS is "invite-only".
Snap won't say what model provider it's using to power Specs Intelligence, nor is it revealing what its business model will be after the free preview period.
The other major announcement of Snap's launch event was that it will offer a cellular charging case option, as an upgrade to the included regular charging case, in all three launch countries via partnerships with local carriers. A bundle with the cellular charging case will be priced at $2395, meaning a $200 premium over the regular SKU.
The lack of cellular connectivity was something we harshly criticized in our review of Meta Ray-Ban Display , as depending on a connected smartphone simply isn't reliable. We suspect cellular will be as essential for mainstream HUD and AR glasses as it is today for smartphones.
In the US, Specs cellular connectivity will be offered via Verizon, starting at $10/month if you use Verizon for your phone or $20/month otherwise, while in the UK it will be via EE and in France via Orange.