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Amazon Launches Lens Live, Real-Time AI Visual Shopping for U.S. iOS Users

The camera-based feature identifies items instantly through on-device vision with cloud retrieval, with Rufus offering product insights.

Overview

  • Lens Live is available today to tens of millions of shoppers on the Amazon iOS app in the U.S., with a broader U.S. rollout planned and no international timing announced.
  • Users can pan their camera to scan scenes in real time and see matching products in a swipeable carousel at the bottom of the screen.
  • Shoppers can tap to focus on a specific item, add matches to cart with the plus icon, or save to wish lists with the heart icon without leaving the camera view.
  • Rufus integration surfaces AI-generated summaries, suggested questions, and quick answers directly under the product carousel.
  • The system uses an on-device object detection model for instant recognition and relies on Amazon SageMaker, AWS-managed OpenSearch, and visual embeddings to match against the product catalog, and it complements existing photo, upload, and barcode search modes.