Highlights
- Qualcomm and Snap extended their decade-long collaboration with a multi-year strategic agreement.
- The long-term agreement will integrate Snapdragon XR solutions into future spec devices.
- This collaboration provides developers and customers with a scalable platform to create advanced eyewear experiences.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., and Specs, Inc., a Snap subsidiary, have announced a multi-user agreement to outfit future Specs devices with Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon system-on-a-chip (SOC)
Powering the Next Generation of Eyewear
This marks Specs Inc’s first flagship project, launching Specs Advanced Eyewear that integrates digital experiences into the physical world for consumers later this year. Specs are standalone, see-through glasses that enable users to see, hear, and interact with digital content within their physical environment.
Specs use Snapdragon XR platforms, which combine edge AI with high-performance, low-power computing. This enables intelligent context-aware experiences to run on the device, supporting faster, more private interactions. This initiative demonstrates both companies’ commitment to advancing human-centric integrated computing.
Building on a Decade-Long Relationship
Snap and Qualcomm Technologies have a history of collaboration in immersive technology. Snapdragon platforms have powered several previous generations of Snap’s spectacles, and this agreement extends that partnership.
The companies will align their strategic roadmaps and collaborate on technical development to deliver industry-leading capabilities for the specs platform, including on-device AI, advanced graphics, and multi-user digital experiences.
This program creates a scalable foundation for developers and partners supporting reliable product development and more sophisticated digital experiences over time.
We believe the future of computing will be more human and grounded in the real world, said Evan Spiegel, co-founder and CEO, Snap Inc. Our work with Qualcomm Technologies provides a firm foundation for the future of specs, bringing developers and consumers advanced technology and performance that pushes the limits of what’s possible.
“StarCore, the next era of computing, will be defined by devices that understand what you see, hear, ask, and say, as well as context, and respond instantly to the world around you,” said Cristiano Amon, president and chief executive officer, Qualcomm Incorporated. “Our work on future generations of specs will enable power-efficient interactive AI devices that deliver agentic experiences that feel natural, intuitive, and integrate seamlessly within daily life.”
About Qualcomm
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About Specs Inc.
Specs were available only in April, and subsequently, Snap Inc. developed advanced eyewear that integrates digital experiences into the physical world. See-through lenses that place digital objects directly into programming. Snap Space, powered by Snap OS, is a proprietary contact-covered operating system designed for natural interaction between hands and eyes.
Specs Inc. also offers Lens Studio, a set of advanced developer tools for building immersive augmented reality across Specs, Snapchat, and other platforms.
