Google Lens: object recognition finally arrives on all Android smartphones

Google Lens works with object recognition, Photos, and Assistant, for now distribution does not concern the company’s voice assistant. The lens recognizes a large number of objects and can perform certain actions depending on the context. For example, when a photo of a business card is taken, the service can save the information entered in the phone book of the smartphone and create a new contact. HE also works with a Wi-Fi codethe app can rely on the photo to add the photo to the correct network so that the smartphone can connect to it.

Google Lens: Photos welcomes object recognition on Android

Launching Lens is very simple, just go to the Google Photos gallery making sure you have the latest update. The information is displayed on the smartphone screen and explains what is seen in the image by pressing the special button. The name of a product, the history of a building or monument depends on the context. This feature is highly admirable in any case and promises to make life easier for all users of the service. Other features will appear over time.

Samsung offers Bixby Vision on Galaxy, we can assume that Google’s device has become more democratic as Lens affects many more terminals. Deployment is gradual, it will probably take a few days to reach most Android devices. Google Photos is available on the Play Store. For now iOS not yet affectedbut it should not be long.

Launching today, Android users can try Google Lens to do things like create a contact from a business card or learn more about a famous landmark. To get started, make sure you have the latest version of the Google Photos app for Android:

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