Google’s image recognition app Lens has been updated to more accurately pull information from visual images that you snap using your smartphone camera. Instead of having to search using text, you can now take a picture with your phone and use that picture to search for information and similar items.
Google Lens has been changing the way that smartphone users make use of the camera on their device for a year now. Using deep machine learning to analyze images collected through a device’s camera, the app can perform tasks like telling you about a book when you take a photo of the cover, identifying shops or locations by looking at a picture of them, or connecting to a wifi network when the camera is pointed at a label showing the login data.
In a new blog post, Google has given more details about the redesign of Google Lens that was launched last week.
