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Google's new Lens product uses your phone's camera to do clever tricks, like connecting your phone to a WiFi network
Google's new Lens product uses your phone's camera to do clever tricks, like connecting your phone to a WiFi network
Antonio Villas-BoasMay 17, 2017, 23:56 IST
Google announced its new Lens feature during its Google I/O event on May 17, which uses your mobile devices' cameras to give you information about what you're looking at.
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai demonstrated Lens' capabilities by showing how it could recognize a specific flower by using a phone's camera. Google Assistant then offered follow-up actions, like pointing you to the nearest florist.
Another example Pichai offered was how Lens could recognize the context of what you're doing. During the demo, a phone's camera was pointed at a WiFi router's password label and WiFi network name, and Google Assistant automatically connected the phone to that WiFi network.
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It seems like an updated version of Google's previous Goggles app, which had similar functions as Lens. Combined with Google Assistant, Lens is far smarter and impressive.