OnePlus 7 Pro debuts the new version of OnePlus Camera

OnePlus updates its Camera app for the OnePlus 7 Pro by adding deeper integration with Google Lens and changing up settings in the app. A long press on the viewfinder will trigger the feature and as 9to5Google mentions, it works offline to some extent. Without the long press, you need to turn on the “Smart Content Detection” setting to allow the app to recognize content, which ranges from phone numbers, website, and barcodes and QR codes. A couple of settings have also been taken out. These include Smile Capture and Auto Nightscape Scene Detection. But the aforementioned Smart Content Detection feature has been added alongside Auto Nightscape. You can now also arrange the different camera modes in the slider at the bottom, so you have easy access to the modes you use frequently. You can even turn off some of the modes entirely.

The OnePlus Gallery gets a refresh, too. The Collections Carousel has a cleaner interface with smaller thumbnails and better organization. And the file viewer now shows the date at the top of the user interface and the Favorites icons has been moved to a new location, too. As we mentioned, version 3.2 of the app is currently only available on the OnePlus 7 Pro but expect it to make its way to other OnePlus devices via the Play Store soon.

Google Lens is now capable of recognizing a billion items

Google’s AI-based tool has grown exponentially over the past year. From around 250,000 items it could recognize when it launched on Photos and Assistant, it can now recognize over a billion items. Its optical character recognition engine has been further developed to read more product labels, which in turn allows it to recognize more goods. It’s also gotten more data from smartphone photos. This new number comes from the products that are available through Google Shopping so don’t expect it to know obscure items just yet. It also has been developed to recognize people, geometric shapes, and Wi-Fi network names.

Source: The Verge

Google Lens comes to mobile users via Google Images

The mobile web version of Google just got a bit more helpful. Google started rolling out in the US first the Google Lens integration into the mobile web version of Google Images. All the pictures in the mobile web version of Google Images now gets the Lens icon underneath. Pressing that icon will highlight interesting subjects with dots. Tapping on these dots will slide up a panel of related images or products. If what you're looking for isn't marked, you can encircle it and let Lens do a search for you.

This feature is particularly useful for when you're shopping or trying to look for a specific product. The sheet that slides up is similar to what you see in Lens's integration in Google Assistant or Google Photos. Over time it can highlight other items like landmarks, animals, and plants. It'll also be rolling out to more countries and languages soon.

Source: 9to5Google

Google Lens to come to more devices soon

Google’s machine learning-powered image analyzer Lens is a useful feature that helps bring more information to you about the images you scan. Its limitation was it was first only available through Pixel devices. Now, Google just announced it’ll be bring the feature to all English-language users on both Android and iOS. And it should be coming out in the next few days as long as you have the latest version of Google Photos. At the same time, Lens in Assistant will be coming to “compatible flagship devices” in the coming weeks. On top of this, Lens will soon be able to recognize common animals and plants, including specific dog breeds and flowers.

Source: Android Police