HealthifyMe Launches AI-Powered Snap Feature to Automatically Track Indian Foods and Calories from Photos

HealthifyMe introduced AI-powered image recognition to track Indian foods and calories from photos. Users can take pics of meals or access gallery images.
The feature, called Snap, detects and suggests foods in the images to log calories. It currently recognizes 150,000 Indian dishes with 60-70% accuracy.
Snap allows adjustable focus on different foods in one image. Human reviewers correct errors to improve the AI model.
HealthifyMe started as a food tracking app 11 years ago. Snap increases engagement with easier logging.
The company offers paid nutrition plans starting at $4.80/month. Over 200,000 subscribers with 40% on paid Pro plans.

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