Snapchat May Take on Pinterest in Visual Search, With a Little Help From Amazon

References to a new feature were found in the code for its Android app

The potential of Snapchat entering the visual search arena might be enough to rattle Pinterest a little bit, but what if Amazon was one of Snapchat’s launch partners in the project?

Application researcher Ishan Agarwal discovered references inside the code for Snapchat’s Android application to Eagle, a visual search feature, and he shared his findings with Josh Constine of TechCrunch.

According to a screenshot Agarwal shared with Constine, part of the code reads, “Press and hold to identify an object, song, barcode and more! This works by sending data to Amazon, Shazam and other partners.”

The code also contains references to sellers, reviews, copy URL, share product and send product.

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