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I spent 24 hours with Snapchat's new Spectacles - these were my 5 biggest problems with the glasses

Nov 21, 2016, 23:11 IST

Hollis Johnson

As Snapchat's new camera-equipped glasses travel to more cities around the US, more of us are able to get our hands on them.

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The glasses - called Spectacles - can be a lot of fun. They're easy to pair with your phone, record fish-eye video of what you're seeing, and they look a whole lot better on your face than Google Glass ever did.

Plus, it's one of the most in-demand tech products of the year, so using them feels like you've joined an exclusive club.

But Snap's - the new name for Snapchat's parent company - first foray into hardware isn't perfect. In fact, there are some problems with the glasses that made using them something of an annoyance, or even downright difficult.

Here are some of the biggest problems that came up when I tested them out.

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