One of the latest iPhone additions allows us to identify plants, animals and places with a simple photo. We tell you how in this note!
Many times it happens to us that we want to know what type of plant is the one that we have just been given, or what breed is a dog that we meet on the street or what are the available data of a place where we have just passed. now thanks to iPhone We can solve all these doubts with a simple photo.
The function that allows us to take a photo of something we do not know and know what it is has not existed for years in iPhonebut is available from the launch of iOS 15 last year. There are many hidden features that came with this update and being able to discover that it is a mysterious item just by opening the camera and aiming at it is just one of them.
But if you entered this note you probably want to know how it works. The first thing we have to do is take a photo of the object we want to know more about, be it a plant, an animal or a place. It is not necessary to take the photo at the moment, since if you have an old photo on the device you will be able to use it just the same.
Once we have the photo, we have to enter the application of Photos and look for the star that is next to the icon at the bottom of our screen. It is very likely that we will have to press the screen so that all the options appear at the bottom of it.
If we find the star, it means that Photos can use the function Visual Look Up for this photo. In case this star does not appear, it means that we cannot use the function to discover what object it is. It may be because the image is not of good quality or because it simply cannot identify the object.
Now, if we have the star we just have to press the icon. Once we do, we can see the photo options as almost always when we select that icon. However, among the list that appears we can see an option called look-up. Depending on the object we have in the photo, this option will have a drawing next to it and a different title.
For example, if we take a picture of our dog, when we select the (i) and let’s go to look-upthe word will appear Dog and a drawing of a dog paw. When we want to see the results, we will have two different sources. On one hand, we have Siri Knowledgewhich will offer us different articles from various sources such as Wikipedia and on the other hand, we will see images similar to ours.
If we have taken a photo of a location, we may even be able to access the exact address as well as contact information, if available. The function Visual Look Up not available only in iPhonesince we can access it from any device that has iOS 15. However, it is much easier to take a picture with a iPhone to take it out for example with a iPad.