# facial landmarks

Points of interest within a detected face, such as the eyes and nose base, used in face detection.

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## ML Kit adds face contours to create smarter visual apps

DevFeed: [ML Kit adds face contours to create smarter visual apps](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ml-kit-adds-face-contours-to-create-smarter-visual-apps-16295.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://firebase.blog/posts/2018/11/ml-kit-adds-face-contours-to-create>)

Author: Christiaan Prins

Published: 2018-11-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Firebase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/firebase-blog.md>)

Topics: [ML Kit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ml-kit.md>), [Computer vision](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computer-vision.md>), [facial landmarks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/facial-landmarks.md>), [Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [computer-vision](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-vision.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [image](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/image.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [launch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/launch.md>), [machine-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/machine-learning.md>), [ml-kit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ml-kit.md>), [realtime](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/realtime.md>), [tutorials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorials.md>)

### AI overview

ML Kit adds face contour detection for visual apps on Android and iOS. The feature detects more than 100 points outlining the face and features such as the eyes, nose, and mouth, with contour points updating in real time. The article also describes facial landmark detection and links to Android and iOS documentation.

### Source excerpt

News, tutorials, and updates from the Firebase team.