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Pinterest has rolled out its latest advancement in inclusive beauty search to serve the millions of people that use Pinterest for hair and beauty inspiration. Following AR Try on and skin tone ranges, the platform unveiled a first-of-its-kind technology with Black, Brown, and Latinx Pinners in mind that empowers users to search for hair inspiration... See more

Through computer vision-powered object detection, hair pattern search enables Pinners to refine hair searches by six different hair patterns: protective, coily, curly, wavy, straight, and shaved/bald. Over the coming weeks, Pinners can search for a broad hair term like "summer hairstyles,” "glam hair,” or "short hair,” and narrow their results by s... See more

This new technology builds on Pinterest's industry-first inclusive product feature, skin tone ranges, first launched in 2018. Pinterest's Head of Inclusive Product Annie Ta says, "Our mission on the Inclusive Product team is to help everyone feel like Pinterest is a place for them. As a visual discovery platform, we have an opportunity and responsi... See more