Is Snapchat working on second-generation Spectacles?

The video camera-carrying glasses could be getting an update.

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Snapchat appears to be working on a second generation of its video-camera carrying sunglasses, known as Spectacles, despite the lukewarm response to the original.

A filing with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from Snap Inc has emerged which appears to suggest a new version of the glasses is on the way.

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But the prospect of a second generation of Spectacles has raised some eyebrows in the tech industry.

Despite the initial buzz around the glasses – which were the company’s first hardware product – excitement around Spectacles faded quickly after their release and Snap revealed in financial results at the end of last year that it had lost nearly 40 million dollars in unsold inventory.