Snap unveiled its first consumer‑ready AR glasses at Augmented World Expo, calling the move the start of a new era. The $2,195 specs drop the weight to 132‑136 g and shrink the frame from the 226‑g prototype. They also boost the field of view to 51 degrees, a 5‑degree gain over the earlier model in this release.

Under the hood, two Snapdragon chips handle vision and app logic, while a redesigned waveguide delivers clearer overlays. Battery life rises to four hours of mixed use—significantly more than the under‑hour endurance of the 2024 prototype. A built‑in browser and AI assistants from OpenAI and Google turn the frames into a wearable computer.

Snap also opened a developer portal, offering a revamped Lens Studio that integrates AI coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor. The library now contains hundreds of Lenses, from shared games to utility apps that tap augmented reality and multimodal AI. Users can pre‑order with a $200 refundable deposit, aiming for fall shipments to the US, UK and France.

Priced three times higher than Meta’s Ray‑Ban Display, the specs target early adopters and developers rather than casual Snapchat users. With limited standalone AR options on the market, Snap’s offering delivers a richer, more polished experience. The glasses will ship later this year, marking the first time the company sells consumer AR hardware.