Google Lens app will be available for all smartphones on Android and iOS

By: Elena Shcherban | 24.02.2018, 15:45

A Google Lens application that defines items and   creatures through a smartphone camera, will soon not work   just on   Google Pixel devices. AT   Google said that their   The application is sent and   on   Other gadgets running Android and   iOS.

What is Google Lens?

The application was presented in   May last year at a conference for developers of Google I / O. Distribute it to   smartphones started closer to   end of the year (October - November), but   just on   Google Pixel.

FROM   Using Google Lens, you can determine what's in front of you, just " aiming " the lens at   object or animal. The application defines attractions, music albums, books, signs (giving feedback on   this institution), flowers, animals, shades, and   also translate the menu into   restaurant. AT   the results appear information, links, or a suggestion to open another application.

Google Lens works   Google Assistant and   the Google Photos app on   mobile devices.

What's new

AT   In the near future Google Lens will appear   all Google Photos on   Android and   iOS and   on   flagship devices with   Google Assistant, but   so far only on   English language. The list of specific compatible devices is unknown, but   the company promises to gradually expand it.

also in   Google announced the expansion of application capabilities: it will soon be " taught " to identify specific breeds and   species of animals and   plants.

Source: Google