• September 1, 2022

    Use Your iPhone to Identify Plants, Wildlife, and Birds with Seek and Merlin

    Now and then, we run across iPhone apps that feel magical, and we want to share two of them: Seek and Merlin. They both use machine learning to help you identify something from the natural world using your iPhone. If you’re at all curious about the plants, wildlife, and birds you encounter outside, you’ll want to download these free apps.

    Seek from iNaturalist

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  • November 18, 2021

    Use Visual Look Up in Photos in iOS 15 to Identify Plants, Pets, and More

    Have you ever wanted to identify a plant, flower, or pet breed, or find out what that famous painting is called? Us too. In iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple added a new AI-driven feature called Visual Look Up that provides more information about photos of plants, flowers, pets, books, artworks, and landmarks. When you’re viewing a photo, swipe up or tap the sparkle-badged info button ➊ to see metada... Read more