| Google Goggles | |
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| Developer | |
| Initial release | October 5, 2010; 15 years ago (2010-10-05) |
| Final release | 1.9.4 / August 20, 2018; 7 years ago (2018-08-20) |
| Operating system | Android,iOS |
| Successor | Google Lens |
| Size | 2.7MB |
| Website | www |
Google Goggles was animage recognitionmobile app developed byGoogle. It was used for searches based on pictures taken by handheld devices. For example, taking a picture of a famous landmark searches for information about it, or taking a picture of a product's barcode would search for information on the product.
Google Goggles was developed for use on Google'sAndroid operating system for mobile devices. While initially only available in a beta version forAndroid phones,Google announced its plans to enable the software to run on other platforms, notablyiPhone andBlackBerry devices.[1]Google did not discuss a non-handheld format. Google product manager Shailesh Nalawadi indicated that Google wanted Goggles to be an application platform, much likeGoogle Maps, not just a single product.[2] On October 5, 2010,Google announced availability of Google Goggles for devices runningiOS 4.0.[3] In a May 2014 update to Google Mobile for iOS, the Google Goggles feature was removed.[citation needed]
AtGoogle I/O 2017, a similar app,Google Lens was announced that has similar functions as Goggles and uses theGoogle Assistant.[4]
The app was officially discontinued on August 20, 2018 with its last update directing users to downloadGoogle Lens orGoogle Photos upon launching the app.[5][6]
The system could identify various labels or landmarks, allowing users to learn about such items without needing a text-based search. The system could identify productsbarcodes or labels that allow users to search for similar products and prices, solvesudokus from photographs,[7] and save codes for future reference, similar to theCueCat from late 1990s. The system also recognized printed text and usesoptical character recognition (OCR) to produce a text snippet, and in some cases even translate the snippet into another language.[citation needed]
In December 2011, theMetropolitan Museum of Art announced its collaboration with Google to use Google Goggles for providing information about the museum's artworks through directlinks to thewebsite of the museum.[8][9]
I'm pleased to announce a new collaboration with Google that lets you take a picture of a work of art with your mobile device and link straight to more information on metmuseum.org.
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