Update Release Notes

January Snap OS Update - Teleprompter Lens Released + Improvements to System UI, SIK,  & Fleet Management

Feature Improvements & Fixes 

System UI

• Improvements to UI Kit including: 
  • New components added including drop menu, lists and radio buttons 
  • Updated visuals for text input 
  • New component that can enhance design elements with drop shadows 
• Performance improvements 
• Keyboard UI Updates: 
  • The set position of the AR Keyboard from its last interaction is now persistent between boot and sleep cycles 
  • Updated keyboard animations

• Capture Service: 
  • Several fixes and UI improvements 

SIK

• Input Updates
  • SIK UI elements can be deprecated and Snap OS 2.0 UI Kit elements can be transitioned as design input into existing Lens 
• Improved Drag Threshold Handling
  •  Improvements to drag threshold handling that allows immediate cursor feedback on drag 
• Updates to Public Palm Tap APIs
  • Public Palm Tap APIs have been deprecated 
• Interaction Improvements: 
  • Improved performance for System UI gestures
  • Improved hand UI visibility
  • Reduced flickering across interaction elements

Fleet Management 

• Performance improvements 
• Configuration override for individual device while still in group settings
• Improved enrollment workflow
  • Improvements to device enrollment user experience
• UI updates 
  • Access known wifi networks
  • Automatically trigger crash logging and explicitly trigger bug reports for analysis
  • Show wifi password while entering password into text field 
  • Capital letters will automatically capitalize when entering serial numbers 
  • Improvements to auto sleep time settings including the addition of multiple sleep timer options and option to disable sleep timer 

Spotlight 

• Performance Improvements 
  • Performance improvements for sound on Spotlight after device enters sleep state 

Commerce Kit 

• Payment Flow Updates 
  • UI updates to payment flows including improved animations, updated navigation buttons, and improved card handling workflows 

New Lenses 

• Teleprompter Lens
  • Explore Snap’s Teleprompter Lens and view Google Slides presentations in Spectacles. Using OAUTH and Google’s API, wearers can review presentation slides and notes, giving wearers a heads-up display to efficiently practice presentations. With Snap Cloud and Supabases’ real-time capabilities, any edits made to the slides will update in the Lens. 
    
    Check out our optional Google Chrome extension for easy slide setup on your computer and your Spectacles. Spectacles Slide Clicker

Versions

Please update to the latest version of Snap OS and the Spectacles App. Follow these instructions to complete your update (link). Please confirm that you’re on the latest versions:

• OS Version: 064.0453
• Spectacles App iOS:  0.64.14.0 (not a new release) 
• Spectacles App Android:  0.64.15.0 (not a new release) 
• Lens Studio: v5.15.2

⚠️ Known Issues

• Video Calling: Currently not available, we are working on bringing it back.
• Hand Tracking: You may experience increased jitter when scrolling vertically. 
• Lens Explorer: We occasionally see the lens is still present or Lens Explorer is shaking on wake up. Sleep / Wake to resolve. 
• Multiplayer: In a multi-player experience, if the host exits the session, they are unable to re-join even though the session may still have other participants
• Custom Locations Scanning Lens: We have reports of an occasional crash when using Custom Locations Lens. If this happens, relaunch the lens or restart to resolve.
• Capture / Spectator View: It is an expected limitation that certain Lens components and Lenses do not capture (e.g., Phone Mirroring). We see a crash in lenses that use the cameraModule.createImageRequest(). We are working to enable capture for these Lens experiences. 
• Gallery / Send: Attempting to send a capture quickly after taking can result in failed delivery.
• Import: The capture length of a 30s capture can be 5s if import is started too quickly after capture.
• Multi-Capture Audio: The microphone will disconnect when you transition between a Lens and Lens explorer. 
• BLE HDI Input: Only select HDI devices are compatible with the BLE API.
• Mobile Kit: Mobile Kit only supports BLE at this time so data input is limited
• Browser: No capture available while in Browser, including errors when capturing WebXR content in Immersive Mode 
• Gallery: If capture is sent outside of device in a Snap, only half of the fully captured video may play
• Teleprompter: Slide notes do not capture properly