{"id":60236,"date":"2018-03-07T06:20:19","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T06:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=60236"},"modified":"2018-03-07T06:20:19","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T06:20:19","slug":"google-brings-lens-google-photos-users-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/google-brings-lens-google-photos-users-android.html","title":{"rendered":"Google brings Lens to all Google Photos users on Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Google brings Lens to all Google Photos users on Android<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Google Lens, the company\u2019s visual search engine that can recognize what\u2019s in your images and scan business cards, among other things, is now rolling out to all Google Photos users on Android. This marks Google\u2019s first major expansion for Lens, which was previously only available to those who had access to the latest Pixel phones. On those phones, Lens also is available through the Google Assistant, but that feature isn\u2019t rolling out to all Android users yet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Google promises that Lens in Google Photos will roll out to iOS users \u201csoon,\u201d but it\u2019s unclear when exactly this will happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Lens can be both frustrating and quite useful \u2014 though it never feels indispensable. When it works, it works really well. And while you probably don\u2019t need Lens to tell you that you are standing in front of the Eiffel Tower (unless you are really jet lagged), the fact that it can show you more information about sights, including opening hours, is actually quite useful (though you could just as well do a quick search in Google Maps, too).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The ability to scan a business card is pretty useful, though, unless, of course, you\u2019ve done away with business cards a long time ago and just use LinkedIn anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Personally, I haven\u2019t found much use for Lens so far. It\u2019s a nice parlor trick, but it\u2019s easy to forget it exists. Over time, though, it may just get good enough that it\u2019s easier to take a picture of a landmark or restaurant to get more information than searching for it with a keyword.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2018\/03\/06\/google-brings-lens-to-all-google-photos-users-on-android\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/google-brings-lens-google-photos-users-android.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google brings Lens to all Google Photos users on Android Google Lens, the company\u2019s visual search engine that can recognize what\u2019s in your images and scan business cards, among other things, is now rolling out to all Google Photos users on Android. 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