Snap is launching a new Specs AI tool, and it’s coming to iOS and Mac

Snap introduced Specs Intelligence, an AI assistant designed to build an understanding of a user's goals, priorities, relationships and routines by connecting to apps and tools the user chooses. The company describes the service as an "anticipatory AI service" that can surface relevant information and actions without a prompt, such as highlighting decisions to make before a meeting or consolidating travel details while flagging overlapping work commitments.

The assistant is launching alongside Snap's first consumer AR glasses, called Specs, and can place personal content directly into view when used on the hardware. Snap demonstrated capabilities that include pulling content from services such as Gmail and Slack and presenting briefings or reminders in-context on the glasses.

Snap said Specs Intelligence uses a combination of open-source models hosted in the U.S. alongside local large language models, and that the mix of models will be regularly updated as the product evolves. A company spokesperson, Cassie Bumgarner, provided that description and noted the iterative approach to model selection.

Addressing privacy and data use, Snap said it cannot view or access personal content used with Specs Intelligence and that personal content from connected accounts will not be used to train or fine-tune Snap's AI models or to serve personalized ads. The company did not detail differences between the iOS preview and the full early-access experience for Mac, and it positioned the feature as both chat-capable and proactively helpful across work and personal contexts.