Google’s new tool will help parents answer the question, “Is this rash serious?”
On Wednesday, Google announced new capabilities for Lens, its visual search tool. By uploading a photo of you or your kid’s skin condition, you can use Lens to search visually similar skin ailments, helping you determine what it might be.
Heads up: images of minor skin conditions below.
Google Lens isn’t a diagnostic tool, so don’t consider this a substitute for a doctor. But by looking at similar images, it can help you make an informed decision about whether to give the pediatrician a call, or just rub calamine lotion on it. You can look up skin conditions on Lens starting today and can access Lens on Android and iOS through the Google app.

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Google shared other Lens announcements beyond the oddly specific, yet helpful skin condition lookup feature. Lens is will soon be integrated with company’s AI chatbot Bard. Teased at Google I/O, Bard is now multimodal, which means you can include images in prompts. For example, you can upload an image of a bird you don’t recognize and ask Bard to help you identify it.
Beyond Lens, Bard will also support text-to-image prompts which is powered by Adobe’s new generative AI image creator, Firefly. Multimodal capabilities will be released in the coming weeks.