Google Goggles

by Antonio Wells Dec 16, 2009 5:55 AM – 10 Comments

Install

Google Goggles is a visual search app. Instead of using words, take a picture of an object with your camera phone: we attempt to recognize the object, and return relevant search results. Goggles also provides information about businesses near you by displaying their names directly in the camera preview.

Price: Free

AndroidTapp.com Android App Review:

Pros & Cons:

Pros

Visual Search & it Works!
Many features

Cons

Still infancy stages, can’t search all things with it but growing

Features:

Google Goggles Android App… WOW! That pretty much seems this awesome Google Android App! The search giant is cranking out some impressive apps an this one adds alternate ways to find out information normally typed into Google’s search engine. Similar to the Android app SnappTell, yet goes much farther to recognize Books & DVDs, Landmarks, Logos, Contact Information, Artwork, Businesses (in augmented reality), Products, Barcodes and even Text. The app does NOT recognize animals, furniture or apparel. The app can keep a history of visual searches or not, plus offer somewhat similar suggestions to results not found.

Video: Google goggles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhgfz0zPmH4

: Google Goggles

: Google Goggles Help and What Goggles wont do

: Google Goggles Taking Picture of DVD

: Google Goggles Identified DVD

: Google Goggles Taking Picture of Book

: Google Goggles Book Identified

: Google Goggles Taking Picture of another Book

: Google Goggles Analyizing Book

: Google Goggles another Book Identified

: Google Goggles Product Not Found

: Google Goggles Similar (but not Similar photos to help the app)

Usefulness:

I really like the use of scanning someone’s business card and their information is prepared for easy import into your phone’s contacts. The ability to scan text is handy too! Say you’re leaving a meeting and have some typed agenda notes to take away, you can scan the text to copy and use in an email or SMS text message… sorta like your personal OCR.

Ease of Use:

Google Goggles Android App is simple to use, it’s encouraged to view the help start up for things the app probably will and won’t recognize, then put it to the test. Note: the better the lighting in your photo, then better chance your visual search will be recognized by Google.

Frequently Used:

User dependent… maybe you’ll use it often, maybe you’ll rub it into your iPhone buddies face every now and then. :-)

AndroidTapp.com Rating

(4.5 out of 5)

Should you Download Google Goggles? Yes! Awesome Android App!

Developer: Google Inc.

Tags: Android Apps, AndroidTapp.com App Review, Augmented Reality, Bar Code Scanning, Best Android Apps, Free Android Applications, Google, GOOGLE GOGGLES, Google Search, Visual Search

Categorised in: Tools

10 Comments

By Rob on December 16, 2009 at 11:38 am:

Thanks!… I wasn’t too keen on this Application.. Thought it was a toy that worked or maybe it didn’t..and there are other Barcode scanners out there..
BUT Your review pointed me to the Business Card Scanning … And Wow..It works very well for importing into contacts!.. The only issues is with something with a big logo on it that overrides everything else on the card..

Kudos!

Reply
By Ed on December 30, 2009 at 3:18 pm:

I tried downloading off the link you provided but it didn’t work and doing a search of google goggles finds notihing to include search by just google or goggles. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Reply
- By bill on January 2, 2010 at 12:41 pm:
  
  That same thing happened to me Ed im not sure how.
  
  Reply
- By Glenn on January 3, 2010 at 1:02 pm:
  
  Same thing’s happening with me – this app looks cool and I wanna find it but I can’t find it on the market.
  
  Reply
  - By Jai on January 7, 2010 at 3:12 am:
    
    If you’re running Android 1.5 it won’t show up in the market.
    
    Reply
By GH on January 8, 2010 at 11:21 am:

How do you update your version from 1.5?

Reply
By WIll on February 6, 2010 at 7:12 pm:

It would be nice if someone could catch the apk file and post it somewhere so i can download it. Its currently not available on the market…

Reply
By Elissa on June 1, 2010 at 6:51 pm:

I would like to scan a business card and add it as a contact. The Googles Youtube video says this is possible but the only option I have after scanning a business card is to view the contact’s website.

Reply
By shane on November 16, 2010 at 11:02 am:

Google is trying a new experiment named Google Goggles Experiment in association with 5 big brands like disney, buick etc
http://techshrimp.com/2010/11/16/google-launches-google-goggles-marketing-experiment/

Reply
- By Antonio Wells on November 16, 2010 at 2:42 pm:
  
  @shane Great article, we’ve piggybacked here: Google Goggles Android App Marketing Experiment
  
  Reply