Google's AR Measure app is now available on all ARCore phones

Google'due south AR Measure app is now available on all ARCore phones

It'south non bang-up, simply it hit the market earlier Apple'due south measuring app

Google is now rolling out its 'Measure out' augmented reality (AR) measurement app to a broader swath of Android users.

Originally a part of Google's Project Tango, which represented the tech behemothic'southward outset foray into AR, version 2.0 of Measure is now compatible with Google's ARCore platform.

This change brings the app to all the devices that work with ARCore, from the Google Pixel to Samsung'due south Galaxy S9. With Tango, just certain devices with specialized cameras and sensors could be used for AR purposes (which didn't work so well for the platform's overall popularity).

The Measure app lets users mensurate length and tiptop using the imperial or metric system past viewing your surround through a camera interface, dragging an on-screen tool and snapping a photo one time a user is content with the measurement.

Nonetheless, the app is not exactly a walk in the park to use at the moment. There's little didactics, and it can be difficult to scan items, leading to a middling score on the Google Play Store so far.

Google'southward tool is in competition with Apple's Measure app, which was revealed at WWDC this yr.

When two apps are and so closely competitive that they literally accept the same name, at that place's added force per unit area on both to live upwardly to consumer hype. Apple'southward Measure will come standard on iOS 12, at which indicate it'll be interesting to meet how this battle of the measurement apps plays out.

Source: 9to5Google