Amazon has offered AR Implementation and shopping tools in its iOS app for some time but the feature was not available for Android-based devices. Google released ARCore 1.0 which enable users to use augmented reality for shopping furniture, home decoration and also Amazon Echo products.
Amazon implements AR shopping with help from Google
The AR feature is simple and easier to work with. You either scroll through AR-enabled items in AR View section or click “See How this product fit in your room” if the actual product has such option.
There is few limitation which devices are able to run the service. Google ARCore 1.0 downloadable from Google Play, currently supports a limited list of the phone which must have the latest version of Amazon app.
The full list consists only devices with Android Oreo – Google Pixel, Google Pixel XL, Google Pixel 2, Google Pixel 2 XL, LG V30, OnePlus 5, Samsung Galaxy S7, Samsung Galaxy S7 edge, Samsung Galaxy S8, Samsung Galaxy S9, Samsung Galaxy Note8.
