Google Harnesses Knowledge Graph, Facial Recognition to Give movie a special insight
The Google Play Movies and TV app is debuting a new feature that gives greater insight into your favorite actors, films and shows — thanks to the search giant's Knowledge Graph.
If you've ever found yourself mulling over the name of an unidentified actor or song while watching a film, the app's new "info cards" will provide facts related to any movie being watched on an Android tablet. To access them, users simply press pause, and the cards will pop up with information on the actors, soundtrack, among other details. The cards will disappear when the movie continues.
"You can tap on an actor's face to learn more about him, like his age, place of birth, his character in the movie, and his recent work, or scroll through the info cards to learn more about the movie or soundtrack," Ben Serridge, Google Play's product manager, announced in a blog post Wednesday.
This information is similar to what appears in Google Search — that is, via Knowledge Graph, the technology that makes Google's search-engine results more intuitive.
Info cards will be available for hundreds of movies in Google Play, and more will be added "every day," Serridge said.
American users who have tablets that runs Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and higher, can download the newest version of the Movies and TV app from the Google Play store. Unfortunately, those who live outside the U.S. and don't own an Android tablet will have to wait, as Google said it hopes to bring info cards to more countries and devices "soon."
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