Snapchat releases new glasses called Spectacles

     Earlier this year, Snap, Inc. announced that they were going to release a pair of sunglasses that will be used to record videos directly, and honestly I didn’t know how to feel about that, especially with the huge failure of the Google glasses.

   But yesterday, the Spectacles, which is what they were named, were put on sale in a yellow vending machine near the company’s headquarters in Venice, California.

   The Spectacles came in a small plastic tube that contained the case, the glasses, a USB charging cable and a microfiber cloth in the shape of the snapchat ghost. The glasses themselves came in three colors: black, teal, and coral. The design was surprisingly good, and the glasses didn’t feel bulky or uncomfortable and were very light weight, which all fits perfectly to the fun theme Snapchat are trying to give them. The glasses have a Ray Ban look to them with a plastic frame, with two circle positioned in each of its corners, one of them is the camera and the other serves as a LED that lights up when the Spectacles are recording or pairing.

   The Spectacles are very easy to use. To pair them with your phone all you need to do is look at the Snapchat ghost icon in the app with the Spectacles, press the button on the glasses and there you go. Taking snaps with them is equally simple, all you have to do is press the same button which will launch a 10 second video recording that can be extended by another press. The video recorded will automatically be uploaded to your memories.

   The Spectacles will cost you $129.95 at this moment, and while the idea of the glasses is not a breakthrough, they are definitely fun to use and experiment with.

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