If you're one of those people who find tagging people troublesome, then the Facebook Facial Recognition app will definitely be a handy tool for you. Using face recognizing technology, the app suggests you friends to tag in photos.
Although first introduced in December 2010, the Facebook Facial Recognition app is only now being implemented onto the social media website. The app works through using "facial recognition technology to group similar faces together and automatically suggest the friend you should tag them with," according to Mashable. Users have the option to turn off the app if they don't want their faces to pop up when friends are tagging away.
Making photo uploads highly more efficient, the Facebook Facial Recognition app is a great tool for those who find tagging too time consuming.
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Save Time with Photo Uploading Using the Facebook Facial Recognition App
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