New App Matches Selfies With Famous Paintings

2,393 views · Published 17 January 2018 · 4:25 · Indexed 28 September 2026

Channel: NerdAlert · 2018 · Entertainment

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Selfies are teaching people about art history! Kim & Jenna Busch break it down. Give us your thoughts in the comments below!

"Social media is being flooded with Google’s opinions, at least, as part of a new feature that compares a user’s selfie with the company’s catalog of historical artworks, looking for the just-perfect doppelganger.

And the update to the Google Arts & Culture App (iOS and Android) has catapulted it to the most-downloaded free app on the App Store. It claimed the No. 1 spot in the U.S. on Saturday, according to the app metrics site AppAnnie."

*https://www.recode.net/2018/1/14/16890826/google-arts-and-culture-selfie

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