Google+ announces new face tagging feature
‘Find My Face’ is a new feature that has been developed by Google+ to enable users to tag people in their photos. It will work in the browser version of Google+ and is very similar to Facebook’s already established feature that suggests tags for individuals in photos. However, the difference between the two is that Facebook does not require user consent for the tagging, while Google+ does. Users on the latter social network can ‘tag’ someone in one of their photographs and the tag attaches the person’s name to their face in the photo. If a user has been tagged in this way in someone else’s photo, then they will be able to see it on their profile so that they are aware when someone adds photos that include them.
Possession of Facebook’s similar photo tagging feature is default for all users, however those who have a Google+ account have the option to accept or to reject a tag, as well as being able to disable the feature altogether. So if someone has been checking their e-mails or playing on www.partypoker.com and they decide to check their Google+ account, they will not find that they have already been tagged in photos that they do not like. They will have the option to decide whether they want to be tagged or not.
It is still unclear whether Google will be releasing a version of this application for Android OS and the introduction of it into accounts is taking place slowly. However, it is likely that users will eventually see this application made available for Android OS and that all users will become familiar with it. It seems that Google first wants to make sure that this new feature can integrate seamlessly into the world of Google+, so that users will be happy with it.