Snap has released an iOS preview of Specs Intelligence, an assistant designed to surface useful information before a user explicitly asks for it. The service can connect work and personal accounts, build context about goals and routines, and carry that context between a phone, computer and Snap’s augmented-reality glasses.
For a meeting, the assistant could collect pending decisions and questions. For a trip, it could assemble flight, hotel and dinner information while warning about a conflicting deadline. On Specs glasses, it can place a daily briefing or other personal content directly in the wearer’s view. Snap’s demonstration lists services including Gmail and Slack.
The iOS preview is available now, while a fuller Mac version has a waitlist. Snap has not explained how the preview differs from the planned early-access product. The service uses a changing mix of open-source models hosted in the United States and smaller language models running locally.
Broad account access creates the main practical limitation. Snap says it cannot view personal content used by the assistant and will not use connected-account data to train its models or target advertising. Users still have to trust its permissions, security and automated judgments. Starting with narrowly scoped connections will make it easier to see what the assistant can read and what actions it may propose.