Pinterest adds Lens dish recognition for recipe hunters on iPhone

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Thanks to app updates and the company's Lens technology, Pinterest users on an iPhone can now find recipes by taking photos of dishes served at home and at restaurants.




The app will try to analyze a dish and suggest matching recipes, instead of just options based on single ingredients. The latter has been available since Lens first rolled out in February.

Pinterest is also introducing new food-specific filters for search, letting users narrow results based on ingredients, cooking time, and specific dietary restrictions. Recipe pins have meanwhile gained reviews, as well as star ratings from sites like Martha Stewart and Epicurious.




Lens is still technically in beta, but allows pin searches for anything Pinterest's imaging technology can recognize. Apple's native Photos apps for iOS and macOS include their own form of object recognition, but only when searching through personal libraries.

Apple is likely planning to implement more advanced recognition features, given its interest in augmented reality, including rumored glasses. Even without dedicated hardware, Apple may make it possible for people to point an iPhone or iPad at something and get Web results or other data from Siri.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 4
    stanthemanstantheman Posts: 332member
    This is tantamount to Shazam! identifying the title of a song being sung by an amateur.
    Rayz2016
  • Reply 2 of 4
    wonkothesanewonkothesane Posts: 1,717member
    If it works it's pretty cool. Finally some use cases surface for this tech which really simplify things. I'm curious where this will go over the next 3 years and how much Apple will contribute. Recently l was amazed on the picture identification. Searching by keyword such as  "avocado" is the only way to find pictures. Bring it on! :)
  • Reply 3 of 4
    jpellinojpellino Posts: 697member
    But I thought BigHead and Bachman's ruse didn't work? So it sees more than hot dogs? Amazing!
    evilution
  • Reply 4 of 4
    fastasleepfastasleep Posts: 6,408member
    jpellino said:
    But I thought BigHead and Bachman's ruse didn't work? So it sees more than hot dogs? Amazing!
    FYI: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/not-hotdog/id1212457521?mt=8
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