Before, you had to upload your pictures on Facebook before it would scan it for recognisable faces. But that’s about to change as Facebook is now able to scan Fyour photos for recognizable faces, even before you upload them to the social network! That’s neat, isn’t it?
The company’s new – but optional – “Photo Magic” feature is the first time that Facebook is going outside the boundaries of its own app, doing face recognition directly in your camera roll. If the faces match up with your friends, Facebook will suggest people to share the photos with.
But if you think that’s too creepy, you can turn the feature off.
Facebook says Photo Magic will help make sharing easier. While the old process wasn’t exactly difficult to follow, it did take several steps – including navigating into your photos folder, clicking share, selecting which app you want to share with, and then selecting the people you want to receive your photo. Phew! By the time you are done, a snail would completed the 100m dash!!
A notification that allows you to just click “share” will save a lot of taps.
Facebook has rolled out Photo Magic in Australia as a test market. Assuming all goes well, the Photo Magic feature will be extended to other markets.
And you got the gist here first.
