Heads up, Pinterest fanatics: the social pinboard service is rolling out a handy new visual search tool that should make it a lot easier to identify specific items in pins.
"Sometimes you spot something you really love on Pinterest, but you don't know how to find it in real life, or what it's even called," Pinterest Engineering Manager Kevin Jing wrote in a blog post. "There's that perfect lamp hiding in a Pin of someone's living room, or maybe a random street style shot with the exact shoes you're looking for."
Now, instead of typing "black pendant light" or "brown oxfords" into the search bar and scrolling through endless options, there's an easier way. The new visual search tool is similar to Google's reverse image search, letting you find things you may not have words to describe.
The next time you spot something in a pin you want to learn more about, just tap the search tool in the corner. From there, you can zero in on the item you're interested in, select it, and Pinterest will show you similar pins. You can also filter visual search results by topic to find what you're after.
The new visual search tool is rolling out today, and will be available via Pinterest's mobile apps and the Web.
Meanwhile, Pinterest has been quite busy adding new features as of late. The company last week expanded buyable pins to Android after first launching the feature, which lets you purchase items you discover on Pinterest without leaving the app, on iPhone in June. You'll know a pin is buyable when you see a blue price in the description.