MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) – The Latest on Google’s sneak peek of services and gadgets (all times local):
10:25 a.m.
Google’s latest tool lets you point your phone’s camera at places and objects to get information about them.
You can find out the type of flower by pointing at it, for example, or get reviews for a restaurant you’re walking by. The tool can extract Wi-Fi login and password when you point to a sheet with that information.
CEO Sundar Pichai says the new Google Lens is a set of vision-based computing capabilities that can understand what you are looking at. It will first be available as part of Google’s assistant and photos products.
Pinterest has a similar tool. Also called lens, it lets people point their cameras at real-world items and find out where to buy them, or find similar things online.
Google is unveiling the new feature at a conference in California on Wednesday.
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10 p.m. Tuesday
Google is about to provide the latest peek at its digital services and gadgets as it seeks to become an even more influential force in people’s lives.
The overview will come Wednesday during Google’s annual conference for thousands of computer programmers.
Google is expected to give the crowd a look at new twists in its Android software for mobile devices. Executives are also likely to detail plans for expanding the reach and capabilities of a voice-controlled digital assistant currently available on some smartphones and an internet-connected speaker called Home. Some of the unveiled products won’t be out until later this year.
Many of Google’s products are vying against similar offerings from Apple, Amazon and Microsoft.
Wednesday’s keynote takes place at an outdoor theater near the company’s Mountain View, California, headquarters.