Great app but it keeps freezing
I recently downloaded this app (admittedly initially for the selfie likeness) but then I discovered all the other wonderful features, like street view photos for artist etc), which is wonderful for artistic people like me. However, I’ll be in the middle of reading something and then it freezes and I can’t even swipe it or close the app.
Otherwise, it’s a great way to travel without costing a cent!
Otherwise, it’s a great way to travel without costing a cent!
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Limiting Art Education
The app should have come with a notification that the “Is Your Portrait In A Museum” feature is only available in some states. I can’t believe it’s not available in Texas, and apparently not in Illinois either! Think of all the kids who are missing out on this great chance to get connected with Art History through a trending tech app. And for what? Because Google doesn’t want to be the boogeyman about scanning people’s face biometrics? Sad. Look, people are only scared of that when info gets kept secretly, or when things aren’t disclosed. Ironically, by not letting users in Texas and Illinois know that that feature isn’t available upfront, they’re promoting a technological paranoia. This works against everything they’re trying to do, and wastes everyone’s time (like mine, writing this review.)
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Explore the World from Home
This is a slick app. Most well-known is the museum doppelgänger feature, which was fun to experiment with. Then, I checked out some of the other features and had a pleasant time exploring the British Museum and Versailles in the street view section. The only thing that could make that part of the app better would be if it could track the movement of your device, and it could be like actually walking around those places. Constantly pressing the arrows to move a few feet was a little clunky, but it was still fun.
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Love it
I’ve been kind of bored with all my apps and I’ve been looking for something more informational. I have oodles of art pos and they’re great, it’s awesome to just browse through art. This app takes it further and provides so much incredible information and learning on all kinds of art. I haven’t been able to tear myself away from this app and have actually found myself clicking on this over Twitter, fb, instagram, etc.
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Legal Fail. Is Google becoming big brother?
Google needs to own up to what they’re doing with biometric face scans, and either address the issue with Texas residents or remove the feature altogether. Banning an entire state from using the features on their app is exclusionist, and I doubt if Google’s intentions were pure that they would refrain from simply including a legal notice for Texas residents (based on state laws, TX residents have the right to know what biometric face scans are used for; Google refuses to comply with this, and instead they just opted out entire LARGE state out of this app’s premier feature.)
I’ve never been disappointed in a Google product—until now (okay, Google+ sucked too). I’m considering trading in my Google Home for an Apple Speaker, if Google doesn’t improve transparency with its users. This is absurd.
I’ve never been disappointed in a Google product—until now (okay, Google+ sucked too). I’m considering trading in my Google Home for an Apple Speaker, if Google doesn’t improve transparency with its users. This is absurd.
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Ugh
Makes me furious to see everyone only downloading for the “selfie” feature and not the art..
Does work very well in New Zealand
Great app for art lovers. Works great in New Zealand too, including face explore feature and the Wellington Te Papa museum and Auckland art gallery are included!
Slightly annoyed, but overall super cool!
So here, I, like a majority of others, have downloaded this app for the selfie thing which seems super cool! Sadly, for some reason Chicago doesn’t have access to it yet which is a bummer. But I’m not that upset cause I actually really dig art and I think this app has a ton of awesome things to read about and whatnot. So, while not being able to match my face to a famous painting is annoying, it definitely wasn’t the end of the world.
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Face matching not on all downloads
If you’re downloading this to do the face match don’t bother: it doesn’t always come as part of this app. For some reason they’ve advertised it but programmed it so only some people get that feature. Waste of phone storage space, everything else is available on the website.
No portrait feature
Downloaded for the portrait feature, must have been taken down already. Deleting this app
