Summary

  • Your smartphone camera can be used for more than just taking pictures and posting them to social media - it can also be used as a visual search engine, helping you identify objects in the real world
  • Here are 8 apps that can help you do so, organised in order of the object you are identifying, these include:
  • PictureThis (for identifying plants), Vivino (for wine), Pinterest (for art, design, and decor), Amazon Shopping (for purchasing trends), Google Lens (for a wide range of items), Image Recognition and Searcher (for reverse image searching), Lookout (for help for the visually impaired), and Bixby Vision (for Samsung users)
  • These apps let you point your phone’s camera at an object and then identify it, providing you with information such as its name, details about it, and where to buy it

By Adaeze Uche

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