Among the flood of smart glasses expected in the next couple of years, Snap is preparing its own new pair of Spectacles. CEO Evan Spiegel told me the new augmented reality glasses will be smaller than the thick, developer-focused set I've tried before . I stepped back into those developer Snap Spectacles glasses again recently to test-drive Snap OS 2.0 , part of what the company is planning in advance of those glasses arriving.

What I realized is that Snap's pushing forward into territory that Meta and Google haven't fully entered yet, but will. And Snap's news is clearly trying to preempt Meta's expected reveal of display-enabled glasses with gesture controls this week.

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