Snap finally selling Spectacles online

After months of selling its video sunglasses through pop-up stores and vending machines around the United States, the company formally known as Snapchat is now letting anyone get their hands on a pair of Spectacles through a new online store.

The glasses are available in a choice of three colours - black, orange, or blue - and retail for USD$129 (approximately $170). While you're only able to get Spectacles shipped to US addresses, forwarding services such as HopShopGo and Big Apple Buddy can always ensure a pair makes it way to Australia (for an additional fee, obviously).

At present, delivery is said to take two-to-four weeks, and then you'll need to factor in some additional time depending on what speed forwarding you pay for.

Spectacles record video in 10 second blocks, which then get saved to your Memories folder in the Snapchat app. The twist is, the glasses have a 115-degree lens, and as such, record video in a circular format designed to mimic the way the human eye sees. When you're watching videos back on your phone, they'll automatically be cropped to either landscape or portrait orientation, depending on how you're holding your phone.

While the videos are designed for use with Snapchat, you are able to export footage to your camera roll for sharing via other apps. If you choose to do so, the video will appear as a circle surrounded by a white background.

Spectacles feature an outward-facing light that fires up when you're recording (presumably, to alert others they're being filmed), and an internal light for your benefit. Tapping a button on the top-left hand corner of the sunnies will start recording a snap. Users can tap again to expand the capture time up to 30 seconds.

You'll pair Spectacles to your Android smartphone or iPhone over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, but you're still be able to use the glasses as a standalone device. Videos will be stored on them until you connect to your phone.

Spectacles also come with a charging case that contains enough juice to recharge Spectacles four times.

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Alex Choros is the Managing Editor of WhistleOut Australia and an award-winning journalist. He's been writing about consumer technology for over a decade and is an expert on the Australian telco sector, to the point where he knows far too many phone and internet plans by heart. In addition to leading the WhistleOut editorial team, Alex is responsible for ruining the office Sonos with his troubled taste in music.

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