The iPhone can be used to identify plants, flowers, pets, books, art, and landmarks – here’s how Visual Look Up works.
There are so many exciting iPhone tricks to discover once you start getting comfortable with Apple’s handset. And most of them are built into the operating system, so you don’t have to download an app to take advantage of them. One iPhone trick you might not be aware of is using the camera to identify plants and flowers: It’s called Visual Look Up.
It also works for other objects in your photos and screenshots. In what follows, we’ll tell you how it all works and how to start using it on your iPhone.
Visual Look Up is a feature Apple introduced in iOS 15 last year. It leverages Siri Knowledge to recognize objects in photos and provide more details about them. MacRumors highlights the plant and flower recognition feature, but the same engine can also identify animals, touristic landmarks, books, and art.
How to identify plants and flowers with your iPhone camera
The principle is the same, whether it’s a plant and flower or a different object you’re trying to identify.
