To ensure right photos are sent to the right person.
By Sreejith Vallikunnu
Facebook has introduced a new feature called Photo Magic, its facial recognition feature for Messenger to help ensure that the right photos are sent to the right person. The feature was launched on Friday, which has been in testing for the last month.
“Now in Messenger, after you take a picture of a friend or group of friends, if you want to, we’ll help you send it immediately. You won’t need to stop the fun to make sure everyone has a copy of the picture. Photo Magic will help you keep your promise to send the pictures you take without forgetting, or worse, leaving someone out,” Peter Martinazzi, Director of Product Management, and Lexy Franklin, Product Manager at Facebook wrote in an official blog post.
“By recognizing your Facebook friends in the photos you take (just like when tagging or sharing photos on Facebook), Messenger can create a group thread for you to share the photos with those friends in just two taps,” the blog added.
You can turn this feature on or off at any time as well as control if you are recognized in your friends’ photos in the timeline and tagging section of your Facebook settings.
The feature was first introduced in Australia back in November. About 9.5 billion pictures have already been sent using the Facebook Messenger app in Australia alone.
In addition, to the Photo Magic feature Messenger is also rolling out new ways to customize your conversations with different people and groups with various color choices, emoji and nicknames.
Anyone in the conversation can change the colors, nicknames and emojis as many times as they want, and when you make a change, the people you’re talking to will see what updates you selected.
Facebook has also introduced Events Discovery feature in its app on Friday, which will help users browse nearby events by categories – Music, Food & Drinks, Nightlife, and more.
The feature, for now, is limited to select US states – New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, DC, Boston, San Francisco, Dallas, Seattle, Miami, and Houston, reported Engadget.