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Here's another clue about Snapchat's secret hardware project

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We just got another hint about Snapchat's super-secret hardware project.

The company has reportedly been hustling on a stealthy smart glasses project, and we now know that it recently became a member of a Bluetooth special interest group that will allow it to build products using the wireless communications technology. 

Snapchat would likely use Bluetooth technology to allow its headset to connect to a users' app. 

The Financial Times first spotted the newly minted "adopter" membership, which you can see evidence of below:

 

 

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Sources previously told Business Insider that Snapchat is "very serious" about a hardware play. The company acquired a Google Glass-like startup called Vergence Labs back in 2014 and has since hired a bunch of other eyewear and wearable technology experts. 

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Jillian was most recently an enterprise technology editor based in San Francisco.  She started at Insider as an intern on the technology desk in 2013 and rose to a senior reporter position, covering Alphabet, Facebook, and ecommerce. After three years at the site, she left to spend time freelance writing abroad, before taking reporting positions at CNBC and then at Forbes, where she covered Alphabet, Silicon Valley culture, and artificial intelligence. She returned to Insider in March 2020 and worked on the enterprise technology desk until August 2021.  Jillian graduated from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a degree in magazine journalism and information management and technology.