{"id":336999,"date":"2010-02-18T21:11:49","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T02:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/?p=13572"},"modified":"2010-02-18T21:11:49","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T02:11:49","slug":"%e2%80%9cgoogle-shopper%e2%80%9d-hits-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/336999","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGoogle Shopper\u201d Hits the Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"KonaBody\">\n<p class=\"first-child \"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13573\" src=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/shopper-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/mobile\/shopper\/\" >Google Shopper<\/a><\/strong>, a new app from Google Labs, hit the market tonight. This new app should cause the developers of ShopSavvy and other barcode reading shopping apps sweat a little bit.<\/p>\n<p>With Shopper, you can not only scan barcodes but also look up products by taking a picture of them (as you can with Amazon&#8217;s app) as well as by voice.<\/p>\n<p>Results include detailed product specs, pricing, and links to sellers. \u00a0Products you look up can be saved to a history and shared via email, Twitter, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Google&#8217;s intro video for Shopper shows it in action:<span id=\"more-13572\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Edit: <\/strong>Embedding is disabled on the video, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z3A6iPKhlrM\" ><strong>here&#8217;s a link to it<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve tried Shopper, let us know how you like it. Do other shopping app developers have reason for concern?<\/p>\n<p>A hat tip to <a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/02\/applications\/google-shopper-now-available-in-android-market\/\" ><strong>AndroidAndMe<\/strong><\/a> for the news that the app is available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3  class=\"related_post_title\">Might We Suggest&#8230;<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_post\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/2009\/02\/01\/is-googles-lee-way-policy-denting-the-android-market-reputation\/\" title=\"Is Google&#8217;s &#8216;Anything Goes&#8217; Policy Hurting the Android Market Reputation?\">Is Google&#8217;s &#8216;Anything Goes&#8217; Policy Hurting the Android Market Reputation?<\/a><br \/><small>Every handset maker is busy trying to eke out the best possible way to lure users to their own version of the App Store. 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