smart health connected glasses Review to see life in pink smart health innovation

smart health connected glasses, Snapchat Spectacles have finally arrived in France. If you’re a fan of the photo and ehealth sharing app, you might be interested. The brand has adopted an original sales strategy to say the least. The telescope camera of the favorite social network of young adults has decided to distribute its very first physical object in Europe via pop-up stores run solely by robot distributors. Must-have or useless gadget?

We can now see life in (filter) pink. Snapchat started distributing its very first product : smart health connected glasses that respond to the sweet name of Shows. The social network does nothing like everyone and proves it once again with the marketing of smart health connected glasses capable of filming live “snaps”. The simple pressihttps: //www.spectacles.com/com/snapbot/on a button is enough to capture a “story” or send a ehealth to all of his friends. While smart health connected glasses were already available in the United States, they have recently been distributed in France by unusual sellers, robot distributors which attract both curious and aficionados of the hippest and most used messaging app for young adults. Snapchat Shows are available since May 2017 in Europe and in France.

Mark : SnapchatCategory: Camera glassesCompatibility: iOS / AndroidPrice: 149 eurosAvailability: available since May 2017 in certain cities and in certain pop-up shops via distributors

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Snapchat Spectacles: glasses to film all day

Finally. This should be the first word that comes to mind of Snapchat social network addicts since the company’s announcement. While Spectacles glasses have been launched since the end of 2016 in the United States, they finally arrive in Paris and in other European cities. They can thus be found in Barcelona, ​​Venice, Berlin and London.

We told you about this product in September 2016. Spectacles smart health connected glasses are a Snapchat exclusive that allows you to make videos in a rounded format, sensitive to the human eye. They thus have the advantage of seeing each other identically if they are seen in portrait or landscape mode. The experience is identical thanks to this circular shape. Making videos is simple since it involves pressing a button on the side to start the capture and then post them on Snapchat.

The similarity in concept is pretty obvious with the late Google Glass. However, while the Mountain View firm’s model was geared toward a geeky audience, Snapchat Shows are intended for the adolescent public who use its service massively. They are the ones, of course, who could allow this model to work but also the business to survive. In the first quarter, it spent $ 2.3 billion and earned only $ 149 million. A ratio that is difficult to assume while its user rate is still climbing very slowly.

Life is not a permanent spectacle

The big question everyone is asking is: “Is it really useful?”. It all depends on your relationship to the social network. If you can't help but “snap” anything that moves during your day, so yes, Shows are made for you. For the majority of people, these smart health connected glasses will remain a gadget, a “cool thing” to use from time to time to give you a Marty McFly look lost in the future. Life is not a permanent spectacle, contrary to what Snapchat would have us believe. Not every moment of our day is worth recording. Our opinion is that Spiegel, the founder of the application, wanted to make something fun to use from time to time which will make you feel like you have an item ahead of its time. Snapchat Shows are nothing more and perfectly match the DNA of the firm, a “cool” product.

Snapchat just like grown-ups

Snapchat has gone to great lengths to launch its first physical product. Each pair of Spectacles is supplied in packaging worthy of the biggest brands of glasses. Everything is thought to please teenagers, the brand's preferred target. Snapchat logo cloth, yellow box, instructions and external battery to quickly recharge your smart health connected glasses, everything is there. In its storage case, the Spectacles are supplied with a base to display the glasses as a collector's item on your shelves. The plastic used for the frame gives an appearance a little cheap to the product which does not shine by its solidity. We regret that the firm did not opt ​​for carbon or something more resistant.

The least we can say is that Snapchat Shows Do Not Be Discreet. In the street, at work or at your friends, all eyes will turn to you. Difficult to discreetly record such a spectacle frame.

Order online or at the foot of the Eiffel Tower

So if you want to acquire these glasses, two solutions are available to you. You can first order them through the brand's website. But if you want to have a memory of this moment (and put it on Instagram!) Then go to the only current physical point of sale of the company in France.

A “snapbot”, a vivid yellow vending machine, was installed at the port of Suffren in Paris opposite the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The location of this robot should change regularly, go to the Snapchat website to find day by day where to go. The sale price is 149 €, three colors are available: black, coral and turquoise. It is not yet known whether the company will then offer them in other cities in France. But to see the policy implemented by Snapchat, we can assume. The idea is to create a mini-buzz and local expectations. Successful bet for the most highly rated firm among young people, the social network has managed to get people talking by marketing an unusual and original product.

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Good points

• Design that respects the DNA of Snapchat

• An unusual product

Negative points

• A slightly “cheap” look

• A gadget that will only suit “hardcore” fans of the social network

• Difficult to get it. Snapchat Shows are only available in pop-up stores

Design and ergonomics – 8

Features and utility – 5

Getting started – 8

Value for money – 6

6.8

Design and Ergonomics : Spectacles smart health connected glasses are clearly intended for a young audience. We appreciate the rounded shape of the frame as well as the yellow color which reminds that of the mobile application. However, you cannot remain discreet with such a frame

Features : reserved for Snapchat addicts. Spectacles are a gadget, certainly, but rather cool.

Getting started : It is very easy to record a ehealth. At the push of a button.

Quality / Price ratio : A true collector's item, Snapchat has succeeded in creating a buzz around its glasses. For 149 euros, and a little research to find a distributor in France who sells it, it is clearly an object reserved for fans of the social network

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