<s>
Google	B-Application
Goggles	I-Application
was	O
an	O
image	O
recognition	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Goggles	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Android	I-Application
operating	O
system	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
initially	O
only	O
available	O
in	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
phones	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
its	O
plans	O
to	O
enable	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
other	O
platforms	O
,	O
notably	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
did	O
not	O
discuss	O
a	O
non-handheld	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
product	O
manager	O
Shailesh	O
Nalawadi	O
indicated	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
wanted	O
Goggles	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
application	O
platform	O
,	O
much	O
like	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
,	O
not	O
just	O
a	O
single	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
5	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
availability	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Goggles	I-Application
for	O
devices	O
running	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
4.0	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
May	O
2014	O
update	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
Mobile	O
for	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Goggles	O
feature	O
was	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Google	B-Application
I/O	I-Application
2017	O
,	O
a	O
similar	O
app	O
,	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Lens	I-General_Concept
was	O
announced	O
that	O
has	O
similar	O
functions	O
as	O
Goggles	O
and	O
uses	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Assistant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
was	O
officially	O
discontinued	O
on	O
August	O
20	O
,	O
2018	O
with	O
its	O
last	O
update	O
directing	O
users	O
to	O
download	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Lens	I-General_Concept
or	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
upon	O
launching	O
the	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
could	O
identify	O
products	O
barcodes	O
or	O
labels	O
that	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
similar	O
products	O
and	O
prices	O
,	O
solve	O
sudokus	O
from	O
photographs	O
,	O
and	O
save	O
codes	O
for	O
future	O
reference	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
CueCat	B-Device
from	O
late	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
also	O
recognized	O
printed	O
text	O
and	O
uses	O
optical	B-Application
character	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
(	O
OCR	O
)	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
text	O
snippet	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
some	O
cases	O
even	O
translate	O
the	O
snippet	O
into	O
another	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
Metropolitan	O
Museum	O
of	O
Art	O
announced	O
its	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
use	O
Google	B-Application
Goggles	I-Application
for	O
providing	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
museum	O
's	O
artworks	O
through	O
direct	O
links	O
to	O
the	O
website	O
of	O
the	O
museum	O
.	O
</s>
