Snapchat launches sunglasses with camera
24th September 2016
Messaging app firm Snapchat has announced its first gadget - sunglasses with a built-in camera.
The device, which the company is calling Spectacles, will go on sale later this year priced at $130 (£100).
The glasses will record up to 30 seconds of video at at time.
As part of the announcement, Snapchat is renaming itself to Snap, Inc.
The renaming decision underlined the company’s apparent ambition to go beyond the ephemeral messaging app, a product which is highly popular with young people.
An article published by the Wall Street Journal on Friday showed Snap’s 26-year-old creator Evan Spiegel...