Facebook introduces e-commerce tools for Instagram

 

To help customers makes purchases more easily via social media, Facebook has introduced new e-commerce tools on Instagram. This will enhance the way users visualise items on the platform.

The company has implemented a technology that is powered by Artificial Intelligence. As such, these visual and discovery tools will be added to Instagram. Facebook had already rolled out effects related to Augmented Reality. However, now, it is trying to explore the business side of this system. The firm has advanced that it will plan testing this year. Thus, users will be able to find product listings and recommended items just by tapping on the photos. Thanks to this, all items appearing on posts on the social media platform will be shoppable. This will enhance the shopping experience for all buyers.

Besides this, Facebook has made some progress with GrokNet. This is an in-house product recognition system. It is a new compositional module that can classify product images shared by users into appropriate attribute-object classifiers. Recent innovation in the field will extend the capabilities of this technology so that it is able to surface relevant products even if users enter a vague search query. Moreover, Facebook is also working on ways to help businesses lacking the technical resources to improve the buying experience.


Facebook has new e-commerce tools 

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