Google announces machine learning API for Android and iOS

Machine learning has been one of Google's main focuses for years now. To help other companies and app developers take advantage of the technology, Google today announced an API called 'ML Kit.' It allows apps to use machine learning for text recognition, face detection, scanning barcodes, and even detecting landmarks (similar to Google Lens). The new API uses Firebase, and is available on both Android and iOS. The new documentation page explains ML Kit in detail: We want the entire device experience to be smarter, not just the OS, so we're bringing the power of Google's machine learning to app developers with the launch of ML Kit, a new set of cross-platform APIs available through Firebase. Read More Google announces machine learning API for Android and iOS was written by the awesome team at Android Police. Android Match ae http://androidmatch.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default