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April 10 (Reuters) – Specs, the Snap sensible glasses unit fashioned early this 12 months, will use Qualcomm chips for ​its upcoming units underneath a ‌multi-year deal introduced on Friday, marking its first main transfer.

The Specs sensible glasses launching later this 12 months will use the Snapdragon XR ‌processor ​platform, the 2 firms ⁠stated on Friday. Financial ⁠particulars of the deal weren’t disclosed.

The deal builds on a years-long tie-up that has seen Qualcomm chips energy ​a number of earlier generations of Snap’s developer-focused sensible glasses known as Spectacles.

Snap established ⁠its Specs unit in ⁠January to compete with Meta, ​whose Ray-Ban AI sensible glasses developed with ​EssilorLuxottica have develop into one of many few ‌breakthrough successes within the race for AI-powered devices.

The Specs unit goals to offer extra independence to the group that ⁠is engaged on sensible glasses and in addition opens room for exterior funding, the Snapchat-parent has ⁠stated.

Friday’s announcement ‌comes after activist investor ⁠Irenic Capital Management, which disclosed ​an ‌financial curiosity of about 2.5% in ​Snap’s ⁠Class A shares, final week pushed the corporate to both spin off or shutter its Specs unit and minimize prices.

(Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by ​Maju Samuel)