Google’s skin search app to be launched in 2023

In its 2023 Keynote, Google announced its CE marked Class 1 Medical Device DermAssist. It is a guided skin search app that helps users find personalized information about skin concerns through a fast and simple process.

After receiving billions of skin-related searches each other, Google used its expertise in organizing information, artificial intelligence, and collaboration with partners to build DermAssist.

How does it work?

The process is simple: you upload up to three photos of your skin, hair or nail condition from different angles. Then you answer a few short questions about your symptoms, and DermAssist does the rest.

Trained using millions of skin images, DermAssist can identify 288 skin, hair, and nail conditions and can identify more than 90% of the most commonly searched-for skin conditions. Furthermore, Google assures that DermAssist is being developed to work accurately across all skin tones, skin types, and more.

Google’s research demonstrates that the underlying technology can help clinicians better identify skin conditions across all populations.

DermAssist is the culmination of years of machine learning research, dermatologist-reviewed content, user testing, and product development.

Would you keep going to a dermatologist once DermAssist is available on your Google browser?