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- Amazon launched AI generated product images that appear in its shopping app’s search bar.
- The feature is live in the U.S. for apparel and home categories on iOS and Android.
- Amazon’s AI retail investments are part of a projected $800 billion spend.
Amazon now displays AI-generated images inside its shopping app’s search bar. The images show up as users type, rendering visual interpretations of the query before actual products appear.
The feature went live on Tuesday. Amazon says it’s for shoppers who struggle to describe items using exact retail terms.
A user types descriptive language into the search field, and synthetic product images are generated in real time. Each word a user adds refreshes the visuals.
“A customer may want a shirt with a draped collar but can’t think of the term “cowl neck,” or a couch with woven side panels but doesn’t know the word “rattan,” wrote Amazon in its announcement. The user then taps one of those generated images, and they land on results showing real products with a similar look.
U.S. customers on iOS and Android can use the new feature now. However, it’s limited to apparel and home categories for the moment, with more product types in the pipeline.
Amazon’s bigger visual search bet
The search bar images feature is part of a set of visual shopping tools Amazon outlined in the same blog post.
One of the new features, called “Shop by style,” presents AI-generated outfit collages organized by themes like “Urban luxe.” There’s also Amazon Lens Live, a camera-based feature that scans real-world objects and surfaces, matching products in a swipeable carousel.
Amazon integrated Alexa as a Shopping assistant into the Lens Live camera view, taking the place of Rufus AI chatbot for natural language product queries.
Amazon sold bonds worth more than $3 billion in Swiss francs and started a deal worth $37 billion in multiple tranches. That’s part of what Cryptopolitan reported as a combined $800 billion AI infrastructure spend projected across the five largest tech companies in 2026.
Amazon thinks that visual advice can help customers get from what they see to what they can type into a search box. Some people say the store already has millions of real product images that could be used for the same purpose.
The feature’s rolling out now. Shoppers in the U.S. can see it by updating the Amazon Shopping app on iOS or Android.
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FAQs
How do Amazon's AI generated search images work?
When a customer types descriptive words into the Amazon Shopping app search bar, AI generated product images appear below the autocomplete suggestions. The images update in real time with each word added. Tapping a generated image directs the shopper to results featuring visually similar real products.
Which product categories support AI generated search images on Amazon?
The feature is currently available for apparel and home categories for U.S. customers on the Amazon app for iOS and Android. Amazon plans to add more categories over time.
What other AI shopping features did Amazon announce?
"Shop by style" generates outfit collages in search results organized by themes. Amazon Lens Live uses smartphone camera to match real world objects with products. A user can also add text to image searches. An iOS lock screen widget for instant visual search is included too.
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Randa Moses
Randa Moses is an editor and reporter at Cryptopolitan covering tech, AI, robotics, crypto, scams, and hacks. She has worked in the crypto space since 2017. She held roles at Forward Protocol, AmaZix, and Cryptosomniac. Randa holds a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Bradford.
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