Apple's Visual Lookup feature allows us to identify possible failures in a car by simply taking a photo of its dashboard. The same system that helps us identify animals, plants, and monuments directly from our iPhone, goes much further than that. It can carry out the identification of food and the search for the corresponding recipe, and, as in the case at hand, the detection of any error in a car by recognizing the symbols on its dashboard.
What do the little lights on the car mean?
When finding warning or emergency lights on a vehicle's dashboard, it's not always clear what they mean. The warnings range from advisory lights to symbols referring to specific functions of the vehicle, such as ventilation, brakes, or the automatic windshield wipers, for example. Instead of having to refer to the vehicle's manual or to a mechanic to know what is happening, we can simply take a photo of the car's dashboard.
Then, assuming we are running iOS 17 or later, we open the Photos app and look for the said image. If the iPhone has recognized the symbols, a special steering wheel icon will appear in the lower toolbar, indicating that more information about the identified symbol is available. A simple tap on the button and then at the top, on "Visual Lookup: car," and the iPhone will display the results.
Here, a representation of the symbol, its name, a brief explanation of its meaning, and a link to get more information about the error message on the internet will be presented. Of course, we will see listed all the symbols that are lit on the dashboard, so with a general photo, we will have a complete diagnosis. A feature to keep in very, very much in mind when we need to know the condition of a vehicle reliably.
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