Since their very announcement, Snap's Spectacles release had been enthusiastically awaited,<ref>STEIN, Scott. We tried Snapchat Spectacles -- here's what it's like. CNET [online]. 2016, Nov 11. Available online at: https://www.cnet.com/products/snapchat-spectacles/preview/ (Retreived 2017, Jun 23)</ref> and after finally becoming available, they have received unequivocally positive reviews.
Lexy Savvides of CNET rated Spectacles with the words: <blockquote>"Do you use sunglasses? Do you like Snapchat? Then these are made for you. You actually film what you see and the battery lasts a loooong time."<ref>SAVVIDES, Lexy. Snapchat Spectacles review:Oh Snap, Spectacles are ridiculously fun. CNET [online]. 2017, Feb 20. Available online at: https://www.cnet.com/products/snapchat-spectacles/review/ (Retrieved 2017, Jun 23)</ref></blockquote>
Matt Swider of TechRadar wrote in his in-depth review of Spectacles:<blockquote>Spectacles are the hands-free way of better to telling your Snapchat story. Its 10-second video clips give your friends and followers a first-person account of your last 24 hours, and it takes advantage of all of Snapchat's fun ways to mark up your videos.