Google’s Art App Becomes Top-Downloaded Thanks to Instant Viral Selfies
Quite a buzz has been generating lately after social media users discovered a not-so new app on their phone, the Google Arts and Culture app. The app that’s been around since 2016, recently got an update that allows users to use the facial recognition feature to match their selfie to that of a famous artist.
Since its update, the app has managed to become the most downloaded on both iOS and Android, leaving other apps behind while users explore this new avenue. Even though the app has been around for a couple of years, it still offers many articles and artist features, which will probably be accessed more, now that it’s become so popular.
Check out the tweet below for how to use the Google Art and Culture app.
Guess we kicked off #MuseumSelfieDay a little early this year? ?
Here’s how @googlearts has been bringing people face to face with art…through selfies → https://t.co/B5OHgh6XLE pic.twitter.com/TYS9bH6gGm
— Google (@Google) January 17, 2018
Many celebrities such as Kumail Nanjiani have posted their artist selfies, and that initially got things buzzing.
https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/952329304259489793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2018%2F1%2F17%2F16900392%2Fart-selfie-facial-match-app-google-top-of-charts
Many other users have played with the app, and some of the comparisons are indeed pretty amazing, while some others not so. Check out a few below:
GET THE GOOGLE ARTS AND CULTURE APP IT HAS A PART WHERE YOU CAN TAKE A SELFIE AND IT TELLS YOU WHAT PAINTING YOU LOOK LIKE I LOOK LIKE THIS POP ART HOUSEWIFE APPARENTLY pic.twitter.com/IMcec2u2bZ
— Lauren Brandt ? (@Lauren_Brandt_) January 12, 2018
GoogleArt…slaying what little confidence I had left.
Does this artwork look like me? Try with your own #selfie at https://t.co/DxScAtSG27 #GoogleArt pic.twitter.com/mchrQQdCem
— Miki Smith (@MikiSmith6) January 16, 2018
If you were watching @KXAN_News just now, here’s my @google art selfie I was asking about. pic.twitter.com/Eb2m5D52H5
— John Dabkovich (@JohnDabkovich) January 19, 2018
I did that Google art #selfie app and *big surprise* I look like an Indian guy in a painting https://t.co/wT7Fq0zZZJ #GoogleArts pic.twitter.com/nBT3K7Pxz2
— Nandu Madhava (@NanduMadhava) January 18, 2018
