The best features of Google Arts & Culture for Android

Google Arts & Culture has become one of the best apps to discover all kinds of art from Spain without having to leave the living room. During this year, a multitude of new features and options have been incorporated into the app, such as artists narrating museum collections or discovering India’s largest museum.

We find a file a large number of features in Google Arts & Culture, which make this application worth using on Android. Here are some of the most important features of the application, so you can get the most out of it.

Learn all about art – the best apps for Android

If you want to know more about art, different styles and trends, the most famous artists or paintings, these Android applications will help you.

Turn selfies into works of art

One of the newest features coming to Google Arts & Culture, destined to be a hit with app users. Thanks to the so-called Art Filter, you can turn your selfie into a work of art, with works known as self-portraits by Van Gogh or Frida Kahlo, among others. The steps to use this feature are:

1. Open the app on your phone.
2. Tap the rainbow camera icon at the bottom of the screen.
3. Select Art filter.
4. Do you accept.
5. Select the filter you want to use on your photo.
6. Click Apply Filter.
7. Wait for the final result of that photo to appear.

If you like that photo, you can share it with friends via messaging, using the sharing option that is provided on the screen. You can send it via WhatsApp, Telegram or social networks, as well as Gmail.

Turn your home into a museum

The Pocket Gallery feature in Google Arts & Culture is one way to turn your living room into a museum and thus be able to discover the most interesting works of art in the world. Thanks to Google’s augmented reality, we can see works of art on the walls of our house in a simple way, as we have already shown you. In this option there are a number of options, to see certain museums or galleries. To use it, follow these steps:

1. Open the app.
2. Touch the camera with the rainbow.
3. Select the Pocket Gallery option.
4. Aim for a well-lit wall.
5. Select which building you want to see.
6. Move to that gallery.

Turn photos into art with Google Arts & Culture

Another function that was made official this year in the app, which we talked about previously, and which is another that users like the most. The Art Transfer function will allow your photos to turn into paintings, adapting the particular style of known works of art. Since we can choose from artists such as Monet, Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Munch, Frida Kahlo, Chagall or Cézanne in this feature, you will be able to create all kinds of images.

1. Open Google Arts & Culture on your phone.
2. Click the camera icon at the bottom of the screen.
3. Choose the Art Transfer option.
4. Take a picture or upload one from your gallery.
5. Choose which artist you want to look like.
6. Wait for it to transform.
7. Save or share the photo.

Play and learn

This summer, a series of games launched on Google Arts & Culture, which will do so allow users to play and learn at the same time on art. These are games inspired by museum collections, with which we can learn some aspects of art and at the same time we will have fun playing. To access the games, we need to follow these steps:

1. Open the app on your phone.
2. Go to the Games section.
3. Click on this section.
4. Choose the game to play.