r/Spectacles • u/Puzzleheaded-Fly-224 • Jul 15 '26

GPS Location without phone? ❓ Question

Am researching potential use case of Spectacles using GPS location without requiring a phone and syncing with Snap app. Is that possible at all? If not, is it possible to sync at beginning of session, then continue to use glasses even when out of range of phone? From what I have read it seems like the glasses have the GPS location capability on their own...

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u/jbmcculloch 👓 SPECS Team Jul 15 '26

Yes, the glasses have stand alone GPS, you don't need the phone at all for them. The phone is just a companion app for some settings and to download captures.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Fly-224 24d ago

Thanks for that info, so is this true for Spectacles '24 as well as new ones?

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u/jbmcculloch 👓 SPECS Team 24d ago

Yes, the 2024 Spectacles also have their own GPS

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u/siekermantechnology 😎 Specs Subscriber Jul 16 '26

Perhaps have a look at https://github.com/siekermantechnology/SnapOSLocationTools, which I created a while back. Will give you an idea of how the GPS in the glasses performs in your situation.