Facebook Messenger testing facial recognition technology
  • 8 years ago
Facebook In a bit of "Photo Magic," Facebook is testing a new feature to make it easier to share your photos with friends - before you even upload them to the social network.
If Photo Magic recognizes one of your friends, Messenger will immediately send you a notification to send it to the person in the photo, so you don't have to go the extra step to message or text them later.
If it still sounds a little creepy to have Facebook looking through all your photos, especially as you take them, you are basically left with two options: You can turn off the send-to-your-friend notifications, and you can turn off Facebook's facial recognition feature .
Facebook's Messenger leader, David Marcus, confirmed in a post  that the fast-sharing feature is currently testing in Australia before rolling out to the U.S. soon.
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