Android Advisor - UK (2021-08)

ISSUE 88 • ANDROID ADVISOR 7

whatbusinessesareasyouwalkbythem,
howbusytheyare,andevenwhatdishes
theyserve.Googleis alsoslowlyrolling
outIndoorLiveView,anARmapoftrain
stationsandairports,in Zurich.

SHOPPING

Google is tapping

thepowerof

GoogleLens to help

youbuythingsin

thereal world, too.

Onyourphone,

you’llbe able to

tap the small Lens

iconin theGoogle

searchbar,takea

photo,andthen

Googlewilltry

andidentify the

object you’ve photographed.

In a future version of Chrome, you’ll

also be able to quickly see if you have

any items that have been left in shopping

carts across various sites. Executives

also said that Google

will also search out

promotional codes (as

in Microsoft Edge), and

apply any discounts of

loyalty programmes that

it knows you’re a part of,

all through Google Pay.

PHOTOS

More than four trillion

photos and videos are

stored in Google Photos,

and Google knows you’ll

probably never look at

Google Maps is also becoming more aware; here, Maps highlights
coffee shops rather than restaurants early in your day.

An upcoming version of Chrome will show your shopping carts
across various sites.