WEBVTT - 48 Hours with the New Snapchat Spectacles

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<v Speaker 1>Forty eight hours with Snapchat Spectacles.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm rich Jimiro. This is rich on Tech Daily.

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<v Speaker 1>Snapchat is added again with a new and improved pair

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<v Speaker 1>of spectacles. These are their sunglasses with a tiny little

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<v Speaker 1>camera built into them. The company lent me a pair

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<v Speaker 1>for just forty eight hours to try them out, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'll say I had a blast with them. For starters,

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<v Speaker 1>I never really wore the first pair of spectacles for

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<v Speaker 1>a very long time. I had access to them for

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<v Speaker 1>a very short Show and Tell TV segment, so I

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't really able to form a good opinion on them. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't really very interested in them. The reviews I

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<v Speaker 1>read were pretty bad, and I wasn't a big snapchatter.

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<v Speaker 2>So I really did not see the use case scenario.

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<v Speaker 1>Snap says they sold two hundred and twenty thousand pairs

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<v Speaker 1>of the first generation product, and they say they learned

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<v Speaker 1>a few things in the process because the media said

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<v Speaker 1>that they were a flop. Now, the new spectacles are

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<v Speaker 1>thinner and lighter due to even more miniaturization of the

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<v Speaker 1>electronics inside. Snap says the part that holds most of

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<v Speaker 1>the gadget tree, which is above the temples, is about

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<v Speaker 1>a third small overall. They also come in three colors,

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<v Speaker 1>a black, a red, and a blue, and they are

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<v Speaker 1>actual sunglasses.

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<v Speaker 2>They are UVA and UVB rated.

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<v Speaker 1>Spectacles come in a case that resembles a tennis ball can.

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<v Speaker 1>You pop the top and you slide the glasses out,

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<v Speaker 1>which are inside a yellow case. This case doubles as

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<v Speaker 1>a portable charger. You charge it up by plugging it in.

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<v Speaker 1>Then when you're out and about, you can pop your

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<v Speaker 1>spectacles back in the case and they'll recharge.

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<v Speaker 2>Overall, I was able.

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<v Speaker 1>To take about seventy five ten second clips before my

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<v Speaker 1>spectacles needed recharging. The battery is definitely gonna last a day,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe a bit longer, depending on how much you use them.

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<v Speaker 2>As for setup, it was a breeze.

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<v Speaker 1>You just open the Snapchat app and let it know

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<v Speaker 1>that you have a new pair of spectacles, and it

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<v Speaker 1>pretty much does the rest. They use a combination of

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<v Speaker 1>Bluetooth and Wi Fi to talk to your phone. They

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<v Speaker 1>are compatible with both iOS and Android, although I tested

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<v Speaker 1>them with an iPhone ten. Once you're connected, you just

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<v Speaker 1>go about your business and when you want to take

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<v Speaker 1>a video, you press a little button on the side

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<v Speaker 1>of the glasses. They instantly start recording a ten second clip.

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<v Speaker 1>Others know you're recording because there's a light on the

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<v Speaker 1>opposite side to the camera. You can extend your recording

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<v Speaker 1>time to thirty seconds by hitting the button a second time,

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<v Speaker 1>and a long press will take a snapshot. Getting your

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<v Speaker 1>videos and images to your phone is super simple. Every

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<v Speaker 1>time I would capture something on the Spectacles, I would

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<v Speaker 1>get a notification on my iPhone that the clips were

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<v Speaker 1>ready to import. One more tap would bring me into

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<v Speaker 1>the Snapchat app, and one more tap.

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<v Speaker 2>Would start copying over all the clips to my phone.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, one of the big complaints about the first generation

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<v Speaker 1>of Spectacles is that the transfers weren't very fast.

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<v Speaker 2>Snap says, this process has been improved.

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<v Speaker 1>Transfers are about four times faster, and I didn't think

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<v Speaker 1>it took very long at all. In fact, I was

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<v Speaker 1>very impressed. It was using a Wi Fi direct connection,

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<v Speaker 1>which is very speedy.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>As for the quality of the clips, well, they look great.

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<v Speaker 1>Everything's in HD. When you're viewing in Snapchat, your video

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<v Speaker 1>fills the entire screen. And what's really cool is even

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<v Speaker 1>as you rotate your phone to portrait or landscape, the

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<v Speaker 1>video still fills the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a really neat little effect.

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<v Speaker 1>Everything you transfer is saved privately to Snapshot until you

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<v Speaker 1>decide to share it publicly with your friends on the platform.

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<v Speaker 1>I found the delineation between the two to be pretty clear,

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<v Speaker 1>so I don't expect to see a lot of mistake

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<v Speaker 1>and shares. If you want to get your captured moments

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<v Speaker 1>out of Snapchat, well that's pretty easy too. You can

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<v Speaker 1>export to your camera roll and seconds. The only problem

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<v Speaker 1>here is what your video looks like when you export it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a circular image surrounded by a big white box.

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<v Speaker 1>And you can still zoom in and crop your videos

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<v Speaker 1>and images to fill the entire screen, but that does

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<v Speaker 1>take a few extra steps and you might lose some

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<v Speaker 1>of the stuff on the edges of the image, and

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<v Speaker 1>also the quality suffers a bit.

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<v Speaker 2>Other things to know about spectacles.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not super comfortable to wear for long periods of times,

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<v Speaker 1>so you're probably not going to be able to replace

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<v Speaker 1>your sunglasses with them. I took a run with the

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<v Speaker 1>spectacles and they felt kind of heavy on my head

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<v Speaker 1>after a while. You also might get some second takes

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<v Speaker 1>from folks wondering what you're wearing, because they do have

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<v Speaker 1>kind of a distinct look to them, and they're also

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<v Speaker 1>water resistant. This time around, I did not jump in

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<v Speaker 1>a pool to try this out, but it was raining,

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<v Speaker 1>which is crazy for la The day I tested them

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<v Speaker 1>near Venice Beach and they did just fine. Overall, having

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<v Speaker 1>a pair of Spectacles is an absolute blast. There's so

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<v Speaker 1>many fun little moments in life you can capture with

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<v Speaker 1>them from such unique It's literally like having a little

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<v Speaker 1>GoPro on your face at all times. In fact, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know what GoPros thinking these days, but maybe they

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<v Speaker 1>need to team up with Snapchat for a go pro

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<v Speaker 1>version of these glasses.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe a go pro glasses action cam kind of thing. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of people might think the Spectacles are best

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<v Speaker 1>for teens or the younger set, but to me, the

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<v Speaker 1>best use case scenario might be new parents or parents

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<v Speaker 1>in general.

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<v Speaker 2>You never know what your.

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<v Speaker 1>Kids are gonna do, and these can definitely help you

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<v Speaker 1>capture that. One thing to note about the captures, none

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<v Speaker 1>of them include the person actually wearing the spectacles. This

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<v Speaker 1>sort of flies in the face of the selfie culture

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<v Speaker 1>we live in. Lots of snaps and Instagram stories are

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<v Speaker 1>captured with the camera facing the author. Spectacles makes this

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<v Speaker 1>a little tricky, although I was able to take them

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<v Speaker 1>off all I was recording and aim them back at

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<v Speaker 1>myself and it made.

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<v Speaker 2>A pretty good image.

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<v Speaker 1>Bottom line, spectacles are a fun and unique way to

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<v Speaker 1>capture life's little moments, but you have to be a

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<v Speaker 1>super dedicated snap fan to invest the one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fifty dollars to purchase them. If you're planning on using

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<v Speaker 1>them to share to other platforms, like if you're a

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<v Speaker 1>big Instagram Stories person, you're going to grow frustrated pretty

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<v Speaker 1>quickly at the extra steps involved, and then you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to stop using them. This will probably limit the wide

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<v Speaker 1>appeal of these new and improved spectacles. But still, even

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<v Speaker 1>after forty eight hours, I'm convinced Snap is onto something

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<v Speaker 1>and we're going to continue to see this technology perfected

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<v Speaker 1>and camera glasses will play a big role in the

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<v Speaker 1>future of video capture.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks so much for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>just promote my Instagram in a story about Snapchat? Kind

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<v Speaker 1>of crazy? You can find a link to everything I

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned here, including my Snapchat Spectacles review, on my website.

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<v Speaker 2>Just go to rich on tech dot tv.

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<v Speaker 1>There you can also see a bunch of clips of

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<v Speaker 1>videos I took with the Spectacles.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Rich Demiro. Thanks so much for listening. I'll talk

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<v Speaker 2>to you real soon