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Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach sued Snap in state court alleging deceptive practices, including hiding app content from ratings systems and designing Snapchat to be addictive. Snap moved the case to federal court, arguing it acted under federal officer direction through work with DHS and the FDA, but the court granted Kobach's motion to remand the case back to state court.
Snap's Specs and Xreal's Aura are new augmented-reality glasses designed to deliver similar overlay experiences to wearers. Both devices remain conspicuously bulky in design, making them impractical to wear inconspicuously in public settings.
A new app called ZuckOff scans nearby Bluetooth signals to alert users when smart camera glasses like Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta, or Snap Spectacles are in the vicinity. The app processes everything locally on the phone, requires no account, and lets users log all detected devices, mark their own glasses to silence alerts, and export scan history as CSV. It also sells branded merchandise through Fourthwall to help fund development.
Razer has released the Tartarus V2 Pro, an upgraded version of its one-handed gaming keypad featuring 31 fully programmable keys, no traditional QWERTY layout, and an adjustable palm rest. The refresh brings improved optical switches, a wider key actuation range, and a new analog TMR thumbpad, alongside RGB lighting throughout. It's available now for $200.
Camp Snap has opened preorders for the 110D, a pocket-sized digital point-and-shoot styled after the thin horizontal 110 film cameras Kodak popularized in the 1970s. It costs $74.95 and comes in two color options, packing an 8-megapixel Sony sensor, a 4.2mm f/2.0 lens with 30.5mm filter compatibility, five built-in retro filters, and a bundled 4GB microSD card.
At a Los Angeles event, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel introduced new capabilities for the company's Specs smart glasses, including streaming integration with HBO Max and Spotify and a new AI system called Specs Intelligence. The AI system is designed to connect with other devices like iPhones and Macs, learning users' habits and priorities to help them manage ongoing projects and daily routines.
Snap has given hands-on access to its latest Specs augmented reality glasses, showcasing new AR features built into a wearable form factor. Early testers describe the device as fun and functional but note the design looks unpolished and some capabilities feel unfinished for a consumer-ready product.
Snap is teaming up with Nvidia, Amazon Web Services and Salesforce to market its $2,195 Specs augmented reality glasses to businesses, aiming to position the device as a computing platform rather than a consumer camera accessory. CEO Evan Spiegel said the glasses could help field technicians view digital repair instructions and interact with coworkers, leveraging Nvidia's open-source XR AI platform. Snap also unveiled Specs Intelligence, an AI assistant working across the glasses, iPhones and Macs, with pricing still undetermined.
Snap has begun taking preorders for its consumer Spectacles, now offering a separate 5G cellular carrying case through Verizon partnerships in the US, plus Orange in France and EE in the UK. Alongside this, Snap launched Specs Intelligence, a proactive AI assistant app for iPhone and Mac that works independently of the glasses but integrates with them when paired.
Snap has unveiled Specs Intelligence, a new AI assistant built into its redesigned AR Specs and available as separate desktop and mobile apps. The tool connects to outside accounts like Google to learn a user's goals, routines and relationships, then surfaces reminders, meeting prep and travel details, sorting them into context-based 'corners' for work, family and other areas of life.
Snap has released a new generation of its standalone AR Specs, featuring dual cameras for hand-tracking controls similar to prior models but with added polish. The glasses now let AR content anchor in place and follow the wearer around a room, addressing a key complaint from earlier versions, and offer a slightly wider 51-degree field of view along with adjustable display dimming for different lighting conditions.
Snap allowed hands-on demos of its Specs augmented reality glasses, including a mixed-reality soccer game that overlays virtual targets onto a real ball and courtyard. CEO Evan Spiegel described the device as session-based rather than all-day wearable, comparing it to reading glasses used for specific tasks, while hinting at lighter, cheaper, more capable future versions.