updated its Mobile App for the iPhone earlier today and it now includes Google Goggles. Goggles first appeared about a year ago on the Android platform and is now finally available for the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS. This update allows users to perform search functions using pictures instead of text. For example, if a user wants to know more about a particular bridge but doesn’t know the name of it, taking a picture in Google Goggles will bring up search results and help provide more info about the bridge.  “Goggles will analyze the image and highlight the objects it recognizes — just click on them to find out more.” Said Milan Broum, Software Engineer for the Google Mobile Team.

The update will be available worldwide starting today but it is still currently only enabled for English-speaking users. Also, only iPhones that have autofocus cameras will be able to use Goggles. Google stats that “Computer vision is a hard problem,” so this is still a Labs Product, meaning that it’s still in beta, essentially.

The company is also stating that Goggles works best when taking pictures of landmarks, books, DVDs, artwork, logos, businesses, barcodes, and most products. Animals, furniture, and apparel probably won’t work, however this is sure to change as the software matures.

After testing Goggles out, we assure you that it does seem to work. It was able to correctly identify books, a soda can, and a DVD. it could not identify certain things though such as older software. Now that Google can correctly identify items in pictures, can the actual Android robot be far behind? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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