Google shows AI search tools for thrift shopping
Google shared ways to use its search AI tools for thrift and vintage shopping. People can take a photo to find similar items, check prices, or ask for nearby stores. For solo makers, this is not a major AI release, but it shows how search is becoming a practical shopping helper.
Key points
- AI Mode can answer detailed shopping questions, such as where to find vintage jerseys near brunch spots.
- Google Lens can use a photo to find similar items, resale prices, and possible age or style.
- Circle to Search lets Android users circle an item on screen to find similar products and prices.
- Makers building shopping tools can learn from the simple flow: photo, match, price, next action.
Quick term guide
- share
- A server folder made available to apps or other devices.
- AI tools
- Software that can help create text, code, images, or other work.
- Rice
- The hobby of visually customizing a computer desktop or operating system to make it look unique and personal.
- AI Mode
- A Google Search feature that uses AI to answer longer, more detailed questions.
- Google Lens
- A Google tool that searches using a photo instead of typed words.
- Circle to Search
- An Android feature that lets you circle something on screen to search for it.
- Android
- The main operating system used on most non-Apple mobile phones.
- build
- A chosen set of in-game abilities or items a player equips for their character.