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Google announces that it has improved its Lens image recognition tool. It is now able to recognize certain forms of skin conditions. Your phone obviously does not replace a doctor, but can alert you to possible health risks.
Among other features, Google Lens can now analyze the quality of your skin, whether it’s a suspicious mole or a rash. To do this, point the camera of your smartphone at the skin (or take a photo of it) and the application offers you to discover a certain number of possible corresponding conditions.
They are accompanied by many images in order to be able to compare them with your own skin. Note that this problem is not new at Google, which demonstrated at its annual Google I/O conference in 2021 a dedicated application, called DermAssist, capable of identifying various anomalies on your skin.
It goes without saying that Google Lens is absolutely not a diagnostic tool, but rather a means of alerting to possible problems before going to report them to your doctor.
The functionalities of Lens are today multiple. Other practical applications include translating road signs or menus into more than a hundred languages, solving math problems simply by pointing the camera at an equation, or discovering new dishes and places to eat. eat near you. Soon, the power of Lens should be integrated into Bard, Google’s generative artificial intelligence.