ML Kit Release Notes

Latest Versions

iOS API Latest Versions

Artifact nameVersionLast Update
GoogleMLKit3.0.004/26/2022
MLKitBarcodeScanning2.0.004/26/2022
MLKitCommon6.0.004/26/2022
MLKitDigitalInkRecognition2.0.004/26/2022
MLKitEntityExtraction1.0.0-beta704/26/2022
MLKitFaceDetection2.0.004/26/2022
MLKitImageLabeling2.0.004/26/2022
MLKitImageLabelingCommon4.0.004/26/2022
MLKitImageLabelingCustom2.0.004/26/2022
MLKitLanguageID3.0.004/26/2022
MLKitLinkFirebase2.0.004/26/2022
MLKitObjectDetection2.0.004/26/2022
MLKitObjectDetectionCommon4.0.004/26/2022
MLKitObjectDetectionCustom2.0.004/26/2022
MLKitPoseDetection1.0.0-beta804/26/2022
MLKitPoseDetectionAccurate1.0.0-beta804/26/2022
MLKitPoseDetectionCommon1.0.0-beta804/26/2022
MLKitSegmentationCommon1.0.0-beta604/26/2022
MLKitSegmentationSelfie1.0.0-beta604/26/2022
MLKitSmartReply2.0.004/26/2022
MLKitTextRecognition1.3.006/29/2021
MLKitTextRecognition (v2)1.4.0-beta404/26/2022
MLKitTextRecognitionCommon1.0.0-beta404/26/2022
MLKitTextRecognitionChinese1.0.0-beta404/26/2022
MLKitTextRecognitionDevanagari1.0.0-beta404/26/2022
MLKitTextRecognitionJapanese1.0.0-beta404/26/2022
MLKitTextRecognitionKorean1.0.0-beta404/26/2022
MLKitTranslate2.0.004/26/2022
MLKitVision4.0.004/26/2022

Android API Latest Versions

Group IDArtifact nameVersionLast Update
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning18.0.001/25/2022
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection17.0.102/22/2022
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling16.0.701/25/2022
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling-custom16.0.0-beta301/25/2022
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-language-id17.0.0-beta101/25/2022
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition18.0.001/25/2022
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-code-scanner16.0.0-beta105/10/2022
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning17.0.201/25/2022
com.google.mlkitcamera16.0.0-beta301/25/2022
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition18.0.001/25/2022
com.google.mlkitentity-extraction16.0.0-beta401/25/2022
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.1.502/22/2022
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.701/25/2022
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom17.0.101/25/2022
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id17.0.301/25/2022
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase17.0.001/25/2022
com.google.mlkitobject-detection17.0.001/25/2022
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom17.0.001/25/2022
com.google.mlkitplaystore-dynamic-feature-support16.0.0-beta201/25/2022
com.google.mlkitpose-detection18.0.0-beta202/22/2022
com.google.mlkitpose-detection-accurate18.0.0-beta202/22/2022
com.google.mlkitsegmentation-selfie16.0.0-beta401/25/2022
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply17.0.104/26/2022
com.google.mlkittext-recognition16.0.0-beta404/26/2022
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-chinese16.0.0-beta404/26/2022
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-devanagari16.0.0-beta404/26/2022
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-japanese16.0.0-beta404/26/2022
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-korean16.0.0-beta404/26/2022
com.google.mlkittranslate17.0.001/25/2022

Release History

May 10, 2022

This release includes new features.

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-code-scanner16.0.0-beta1YES

New features

  • Added new Google Code Scanner API on Android. The public beta of the Google code scanner provides a complete solution for scanning codes without requiring your app to request camera permission, while preserving user privacy. This is accomplished by delegating the task of scanning the code to Google Play services and returning only the scan results to your app.

April 26, 2022

This release includes improvements.

iOS API details

The following table lists the iOS APIs that have changed in this release.

Artifact nameVersionUpdated?
GoogleMLKit3.0.0YES
MLKitBarcodeScanning2.0.0YES
MLKitCommon6.0.0YES
MLKitDigitalInkRecognition2.0.0YES
MLKitEntityExtraction1.0.0-beta7YES
MLKitFaceDetection2.0.0YES
MLKitImageLabeling2.0.0YES
MLKitImageLabelingCommon4.0.0YES
MLKitImageLabelingCustom2.0.0YES
MLKitLanguageID3.0.0YES
MLKitLinkFirebase2.0.0YES
MLKitNaturalLanguage4.0.0YES
MLKitObjectDetection2.0.0YES
MLKitObjectDetectionCommon4.0.0YES
MLKitObjectDetectionCustom2.0.0YES
MLKitPoseDetection1.0.0-beta8YES
MLKitPoseDetectionAccurate1.0.0-beta8YES
MLKitPoseDetectionCommon1.0.0-beta8YES
MLKitSegmentationCommon1.0.0-beta6YES
MLKitSegmentationSelfie1.0.0-beta6YES
MLKitSmartReply2.0.0YES
MLKitTextRecognition (v2)1.4.0-beta4YES
MLKitTextRecognitionCommon1.0.0-beta4YES
MLKitTextRecognitionChinese1.0.0-beta4YES
MLKitTextRecognitionDevanagari1.0.0-beta4YES
MLKitTextRecognitionJapanese1.0.0-beta4YES
MLKitTextRecognitionKorean1.0.0-beta4YES
MLKitTranslate2.0.0YES
MLKitVision4.0.0YES

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning18.0.0NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection17.0.1NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling16.0.7NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling-custom16.0.0-beta3NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-language-id17.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition18.0.0NO
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning17.0.2NO
com.google.mlkitcamera16.0.0-beta3NO
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition 18.0.0NO
com.google.mlkitentity-extraction16.0.0-beta4NO
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.1.5NO
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.7NO
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom17.0.1NO
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id17.0.3NO
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase17.0.0NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection17.0.0NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom17.0.0NO
com.google.mlkitplaystore-dynamic-feature-support16.0.0-beta2NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection18.0.0-beta2NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection-accurate18.0.0-beta2NO
com.google.mlkitsegmentation-selfie16.0.0-beta4NO
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply17.0.1YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition16.0.0-beta4YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-chinese16.0.0-beta4YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-devanagari16.0.0-beta4YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-japanese16.0.0-beta4YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-korean16.0.0-beta4YES
com.google.mlkittranslate17.0.0NO

Improvements

  • Improved Smart Reply model to better detect sensitive topics.
  • On Android, upgraded all language models in the bundled version of the Text Recognition v2 API. Improved performance and added all-orientation support for Latin.
  • On iOS, raised the minimum supported version of Xcode to 13.2.1.

February 22, 2022

This release includes new features and improvements.

iOS API details

The following table lists the iOS APIs that have changed in this release.

Artifact nameVersionUpdated?
GoogleMLKit2.6.0YES
MLKitBarcodeScanning1.7.0YES
MLKitCommon5.0.0NO
MLKitDigitalInkRecognition1.5.0NO
MLKitEntityExtraction1.0.0-beta6NO
MLKitFaceDetection1.5.0NO
MLKitImageLabeling1.5.0NO
MLKitImageLabelingCommon3.0.0NO
MLKitImageLabelingCustom1.5.0NO
MLKitLanguageID2.0.0NO
MLKitLinkFirebase1.5.0NO
MLKitNaturalLanguage3.0.0NO
MLKitObjectDetection1.5.0NO
MLKitObjectDetectionCommon3.0.0NO
MLKitObjectDetectionCustom1.5.0NO
MLKitPoseDetection1.0.0-beta7NO
MLKitPoseDetectionAccurate1.0.0-beta7NO
MLKitPoseDetectionCommon1.0.0-beta7NO
MLKitSegmentationCommon1.0.0-beta5NO
MLKitSegmentationSelfie1.0.0-beta5NO
MLKitSmartReply1.5.0NO
MLKitTextRecognition (v2)1.4.0-beta3NO
MLKitTextRecognitionCommon1.0.0-beta3NO
MLKitTextRecognitionChinese1.0.0-beta3NO
MLKitTextRecognitionDevanagari1.0.0-beta3NO
MLKitTextRecognitionJapanese1.0.0-beta3NO
MLKitTextRecognitionKorean1.0.0-beta3NO
MLKitTranslate1.5.0NO
MLKitVision3.0.0NO

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning18.0.0NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection17.0.1YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling16.0.7NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling-custom16.0.0-beta3NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-language-id17.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition18.0.0NO
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning17.0.2NO
com.google.mlkitcamera16.0.0-beta3NO
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition 18.0.0NO
com.google.mlkitentity-extraction16.0.0-beta4NO
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.1.5YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.7NO
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom17.0.1NO
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id17.0.3NO
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase17.0.0NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection17.0.0NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom17.0.0NO
com.google.mlkitplaystore-dynamic-feature-support16.0.0-beta2NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection18.0.0-beta2YES
com.google.mlkitpose-detection-accurate18.0.0-beta2YES
com.google.mlkitsegmentation-selfie16.0.0-beta4NO
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply17.0.0NO
com.google.mlkittext-recognition16.0.0-beta3NO
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-chinese16.0.0-beta3NO
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-devanagari16.0.0-beta3NO
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-japanese16.0.0-beta3NO
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-korean16.0.0-beta3NO
com.google.mlkittranslate17.0.0NO

New features

Improvements

  • On Android, upgraded models in the bundled version of the Face Detection API. Improved recall, latency for accurate mode and reduced the apk size impact from 11.6 MB to 6.9 MB.
  • On iOS, support ECI code for CP437 text encoding in Barcode Scanning API.

January 25, 2022

This release includes internal improvements and bug fixes on Android.

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning18.0.0YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection17.0.0YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling16.0.7YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling-custom16.0.0-beta3YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-language-id17.0.0-beta1YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition18.0.0YES
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning17.0.2YES
com.google.mlkitcamera16.0.0-beta3YES
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition18.0.0YES
com.google.mlkitentity-extraction16.0.0-beta4YES
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.1.4YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.7YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom17.0.1YES
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id17.0.3YES
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase17.0.0YES
com.google.mlkitobject-detection17.0.0YES
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom17.0.0YES
com.google.mlkitplaystore-dynamic-feature-support16.0.0-beta2YES
com.google.mlkitpose-detection18.0.0-beta1YES
com.google.mlkitpose-detection-accurate18.0.0-beta1YES
com.google.mlkitsegmentation-selfie16.0.0-beta4YES
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply17.0.0YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition16.0.0-beta3YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-chinese16.0.0-beta3YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-devanagari16.0.0-beta3YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-japanese16.0.0-beta3YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-korean16.0.0-beta3YES
com.google.mlkittranslate17.0.0YES

Improvements

  • Strict nullability annotations (@NonNull and @Nullable) are being used where previously @RecentlyNonNull and @RecentlyNullable were used. With this change, what once caused a nullness warning will now cause an error when building Kotlin code or using Java null checking frameworks.
  • On Android, support ECI code for CP437 text encoding in Barcode Scanning API. .

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a Barcode Scanning issue that code 128B and code 128C raw value has an additional character.

December 14, 2021

This release includes internal improvements and bug fixes.

iOS API details

The following table lists the iOS APIs that have changed in this release.

Artifact nameVersionUpdated?
GoogleMLKit2.5.0YES
MLKitBarcodeScanning1.6.0YES
MLKitCommon5.0.0YES
MLKitDigitalInkRecognition1.5.0YES
MLKitEntityExtraction1.0.0-beta6YES
MLKitFaceDetection1.5.0YES
MLKitImageLabeling1.5.0YES
MLKitImageLabelingCommon3.0.0YES
MLKitImageLabelingCustom1.5.0YES
MLKitLanguageID2.0.0YES
MLKitLinkFirebase1.5.0YES
MLKitNaturalLanguage3.0.0YES
MLKitObjectDetection1.5.0YES
MLKitObjectDetectionCommon3.0.0YES
MLKitObjectDetectionCustom1.5.0YES
MLKitPoseDetection1.0.0-beta7YES
MLKitPoseDetectionAccurate1.0.0-beta7YES
MLKitPoseDetectionCommon1.0.0-beta7YES
MLKitSegmentationCommon1.0.0-beta5YES
MLKitSegmentationSelfie1.0.0-beta5YES
MLKitSmartReply1.5.0YES
MLKitTextRecognition (v2)1.4.0-beta3YES
MLKitTextRecognitionCommon1.0.0-beta3YES
MLKitTextRecognitionChinese1.0.0-beta3YES
MLKitTextRecognitionDevanagari1.0.0-beta3YES
MLKitTextRecognitionJapanese1.0.0-beta3YES
MLKitTextRecognitionKorean1.0.0-beta3YES
MLKitTranslate1.5.0YES
MLKitVision3.0.0YES

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning17.0.0YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection16.2.1YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling16.0.6YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling-custom16.0.0-beta2YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-language-id16.0.0-beta2NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition17.0.1YES
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning17.0.1YES
com.google.mlkitcamera16.0.0-beta2YES
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition17.0.1YES
com.google.mlkitentity-extraction16.0.0-beta3YES
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.1.3YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.6YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom17.0.0YES
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id17.0.2YES
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection16.2.8YES
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom16.3.4YES
com.google.mlkitplaystore-dynamic-feature-support16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection17.0.1-beta7YES
com.google.mlkitpose-detection-accurate17.0.1-beta7YES
com.google.mlkitsegmentation-selfie16.0.0-beta3YES
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply16.2.0NO
com.google.mlkittext-recognition16.0.0-beta2YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-chinese16.0.0-beta2YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-devanagari16.0.0-beta2YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-japanese16.0.0-beta2YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-korean16.0.0-beta2YES
com.google.mlkittranslate16.1.2NO

Bug fixes

  • Fixed an issue in Text Recognition v2 preventing text recognition results from returning recognized languages correctly.
  • On Android, fixed an issue in Language Identification where the app may crash when upgrading to AGP 7.0.0 or later.
  • On Android, fixed an issue in Pose Detection where the local reference table could overflow.
  • On Android, fixed an issue in Digital Ink Recognition and Entity Extraction where a runtime exception could be thrown when the app targets API level 31 and runs on Android S.
  • On iOS, return nil for rawValue when the barcode is not encoded in UTF-8 format to match API reference.

September 28, 2021

This release includes new features, improvements and bug fixes.

iOS API details

The following table lists the iOS APIs that have changed in this release.

Artifact nameVersionUpdated?
GoogleMLKit2.4.0YES
MLKitBarcodeScanning1.5.0YES
MLKitCommon4.0.0YES
MLKitDigitalInkRecognition1.4.0YES
MLKitEntityExtraction1.0.0-beta5YES
MLKitFaceDetection1.4.0YES
MLKitImageLabeling1.4.0YES
MLKitImageLabelingCommon2.0.0YES
MLKitImageLabelingCustom1.4.0YES
MLKitLanguageID1.4.0YES
MLKitLinkFirebase1.4.0YES
MLKitNaturalLanguage2.0.0YES
MLKitObjectDetection1.4.0YES
MLKitObjectDetectionCommon2.0.0YES
MLKitObjectDetectionCustom1.4.0YES
MLKitPoseDetection1.0.0-beta6YES
MLKitPoseDetectionAccurate1.0.0-beta6YES
MLKitPoseDetectionCommon1.0.0-beta6YES
MLKitSegmentationCommon1.0.0-beta4YES
MLKitSegmentationSelfie1.0.0-beta4YES
MLKitSmartReply1.4.0YES
MLKitTextRecognition (v2)1.4.0-beta2YES
MLKitTextRecognitionCommon1.0.0-beta2YES
MLKitTextRecognitionChinese1.0.0-beta2YES
MLKitTextRecognitionDevanagari1.0.0-beta2YES
MLKitTextRecognitionJapanese1.0.0-beta2YES
MLKitTextRecognitionKorean1.0.0-beta2YES
MLKitTranslate1.4.0YES
MLKitVision2.0.0YES

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning16.2.1NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection16.2.0NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling16.0.5NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling-custom16.0.0-beta1YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-language-id16.0.0-beta2YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition17.0.0NO
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning17.0.0NO
com.google.mlkitcamera16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition17.0.0NO
com.google.mlkitentity-extraction16.0.0-beta2NO
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.1.2NO
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.5NO
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom16.3.1NO
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id17.0.1YES
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection16.2.7YES
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom16.3.3NO
com.google.mlkitplaystore-dynamic-feature-support16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection17.0.1-beta6YES
com.google.mlkitpose-detection-accurate17.0.1-beta6YES
com.google.mlkitsegmentation-selfie16.0.0-beta2NO
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply16.2.0NO
com.google.mlkittext-recognition16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-chinese16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-devanagari16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-japanese16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-korean16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkittranslate16.1.2NO

New features

  • On Android, added unbundled version of Custom Image Labeling API, backed by Google Play Services, to reduce the impact on apk size from 5.5 MB to 600 KB.
  • On iOS, added recognizedLanguages property to TextElement for Text Recognition v2.

Improvements

Bug fixes

  • On Android, fixed an issue in Language Identification where the SDK could return an unexpected unknown tag.
  • On iOS, fixed a bitcode recompilation issue when generating the .ipa file.

August 11, 2021

This release includes new features and improvements.

iOS API details

The following table lists the iOS APIs that have changed in this release.

Artifact nameVersionUpdated?
MLKitBarcodeScanning1.4.0YES
MLKitCommon3.1.0YES
MLKitDigitalInkRecognition1.3.0NO
MLKitEntityExtraction1.0.0-beta4NO
MLKitFaceDetection1.3.0NO
MLKitImageLabeling1.3.0NO
MLKitImageLabelingCommon1.3.0NO
MLKitImageLabelingCustom1.3.0NO
MLKitLanguageID1.3.0NO
MLKitLinkFirebase1.3.0NO
MLKitObjectDetection1.3.0NO
MLKitObjectDetectionCommon1.3.0NO
MLKitObjectDetectionCustom1.3.0NO
MLKitPoseDetection1.0.0-beta5YES
MLKitPoseDetectionAccurate1.0.0-beta5YES
MLKitPoseDetectionCommon1.0.0-beta5YES
MLKitSegmentationCommon1.0.0-beta3YES
MLKitSegmentationSelfie1.0.0-beta3YES
MLKitSmartReply1.3.0NO
MLKitTextRecognition (v2)1.4.0-beta1YES
MLKitTextRecognitionCommon1.0.0-beta1YES
MLKitTextRecognitionChinese1.0.0-beta1YES
MLKitTextRecognitionDevanagari1.0.0-beta1YES
MLKitTextRecognitionJapanese1.0.0-beta1YES
MLKitTextRecognitionKorean1.0.0-beta1YES
MLKitTranslate1.3.0NO
MLKitVision1.3.0NO

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning16.2.1YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection16.2.0NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling16.0.5NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-language-id16.0.0-beta1YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition17.0.0YES
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning17.0.0YES
com.google.mlkitcamera16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition17.0.0NO
com.google.mlkitentity-extraction16.0.0-beta2NO
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.1.2NO
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.5NO
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom16.3.1NO
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id17.0.0YES
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection16.2.6NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom16.3.3NO
com.google.mlkitplaystore-dynamic-feature-support16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection17.0.1-beta5YES
com.google.mlkitpose-detection-accurate17.0.1-beta5YES
com.google.mlkitsegmentation-selfie16.0.0-beta2NO
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply16.2.0YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition16.0.0-beta1YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-chinese16.0.0-beta1YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-devanagari16.0.0-beta1YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-japanese16.0.0-beta1YES
com.google.mlkittext-recognition-korean16.0.0-beta1YES
com.google.mlkittranslate16.1.2NO

New features

  • Added Text Recognition v2, which adds support for Chinese, Devanagari, Japanese and Korean scripts in addition to Latin and greatly increases range of supported languages. This API is offered as a bundled library and includes improved ML-based block/paragraph detection and updated models to boost recognition accuracy.
  • On Android, added unbundled version of Language Identification, backed by Google Play Services, to reduce the impact on apk size by about 500KB.

Improvements

Breaking changes

  • On Android, there are two breaking changes for Text Recognition:
    • The deprecated TextRecognition.getClient() method is removed. Please use TextRecognition.getClient(TextRecognizerOptions.DEFAULT_OPTIONS) instead.
    • TextRecognizerOptions is moved from com.google.mlkit.vision.text to com.google.mlkit.vision.text.latin.
  • On Android, for Barcode Scanning and Language Identification, the major version bumps are only due to breaking changes on non-public APIs. No code change is required when upgrading their dependency versions in your app.
  • On Android, ML Kit no longer supports API levels 16, 17 and 18, due to extremely low use. API level 19 (KitKat) is now the minimum level supported.

Note

  • On iOS, to keep your project on the v1 version of Text Recognition make sure to pin to version 2.2.0 or lower in your podfile. For example, adding pod 'GoogleMLKit/TextRecognition','2.2.0' to the pod file will pin your app to the latest v1 version of this feature.

June 29, 2021

This release includes new features and improvements.

iOS API details

The following table lists the iOS APIs that have changed in this release.

Artifact nameVersionUpdated?
MLKitBarcodeScanning1.3.0YES
MLKitCommon3.0.0YES
MLKitDigitalInkRecognition1.3.0YES
MLKitEntityExtraction1.0.0-beta4YES
MLKitFaceDetection1.3.0YES
MLKitImageLabeling1.3.0YES
MLKitImageLabelingCommon1.3.0YES
MLKitImageLabelingCustom1.3.0YES
MLKitLanguageID1.3.0YES
MLKitLinkFirebase1.3.0YES
MLKitObjectDetection1.3.0YES
MLKitObjectDetectionCommon1.3.0YES
MLKitObjectDetectionCustom1.3.0YES
MLKitPoseDetection1.0.0-beta4YES
MLKitPoseDetectionAccurate1.0.0-beta4YES
MLKitPoseDetectionCommon1.0.0-beta4YES
MLKitSegmentationCommon1.0.0-beta2YES
MLKitSegmentationSelfie1.0.0-beta2YES
MLKitSmartReply1.2.0YES
MLKitTextRecognition1.3.0YES
MLKitTranslate1.3.0YES
MLKitVision1.3.0YES

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning16.2.0YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection16.2.0YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling16.0.5YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition16.3.0YES
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning16.2.0YES
com.google.mlkitcamera16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition17.0.0YES
com.google.mlkitentity-extraction16.0.0-beta2YES
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.1.2YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.5YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom16.3.1NO
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection16.2.6YES
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom16.3.3YES
com.google.mlkitplaystore-dynamic-feature-support16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection17.0.1-beta4YES
com.google.mlkitpose-detection-accurate17.0.1-beta4YES
com.google.mlkitsegmentation-selfie16.0.0-beta2YES
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkittranslate16.1.2NO

New features

Improvements

  • Upgraded the entity extraction models with improved quality for both Android and iOS.
  • On Android, improved Pose Detection performance for certain CPU specs.
  • On Android, fixed okhttp3 incompatible issue for Entity Extraction and Digital Ink Recognition APIs.
  • On iOS, raised the minimum supported version of Xcode to 12.4.
  • On iOS, upgraded the version range of GoogleDataTransport dependency in MLKitCommon from 8.x to 9.x and the version range of FirebaseCore dependency in MLKitLinkFirebase from 7.x to 8.x, to make ML Kit compatible with Firebase 8.x. Migrated MLKitLinkFirebase from FirebaseInstanceID to FirebaseInstallations.
  • Breaking change: On iOS, removed label support for the deprecated remote AutoML-trained custom models without labels embedded in the model metadata. Please update such remote models hosted on Firebase Console with ones containing labels in its metadata.

June 02, 2021

This patch release fixed a bug in the com.google.mlkit:face-detection library.

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning16.1.5NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection16.1.7NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling16.0.4NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition16.2.0NO
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning16.1.2NO
com.google.mlkitcamera16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition16.2.0NO
com.google.mlkitentity-extraction16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.1.1YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.4NO
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom16.3.1NO
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection16.2.5NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom16.3.2NO
com.google.mlkitplaystore-dynamic-feature-support16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection17.0.1-beta3NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection-accurate17.0.1-beta3NO
com.google.mlkitsegmentation-selfie16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkittranslate16.1.2NO

May 25, 2021

This release includes new feature and improvements.

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning16.1.5YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection16.1.7YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling16.0.4YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition16.2.0YES
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning16.1.2YES
com.google.mlkitcamera16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition16.2.0NO
com.google.mlkitentity-extraction16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.1.0YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.4YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom16.3.1NO
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection16.2.5YES
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom16.3.2YES
com.google.mlkitplaystore-dynamic-feature-support16.0.0-beta1YES
com.google.mlkitpose-detection17.0.1-beta3NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection-accurate17.0.1-beta3NO
com.google.mlkitsegmentation-selfie16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkittranslate16.1.2NO

Improvements

May 04, 2021

This patch release fixes a crash regression in the Custom Image Labeling API.

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning16.1.4NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection16.1.6NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling16.0.3NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition16.1.3NO
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitcamera16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition16.2.0NO
com.google.mlkitentity-extraction16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.0.7NO
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.3NO
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom16.3.1NO
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase16.1.1YES
com.google.mlkitobject-detection16.2.4NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom16.3.1NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection17.0.1-beta3NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection-accurate17.0.1-beta3NO
com.google.mlkitsegmentation-selfie16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkittranslate16.1.2NO

Bug fixes

April 27, 2021

This release includes new feature and improvements.

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning16.1.4NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection16.1.6YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling16.0.3NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition16.1.3NO
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitcamera16.0.0-beta1YES
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition16.2.0NO
com.google.mlkitentity-extraction16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.0.7YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.3NO
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom16.3.1NO
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase16.1.0NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection16.2.4YES
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom16.3.1NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection17.0.1-beta3NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection-accurate17.0.1-beta3NO
com.google.mlkitsegmentation-selfie16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkittranslate16.1.2YES

Improvements

  • On Android, introduced a camera helper library for MLKit vision features to be used with Camera output directly in streaming mode. It uses CameraX internally.

  • On Android, enabled NNAPI acceleration for Object Detection & Tracking with Base models on more devices which provides faster model inference and saves energy.

Bug fixes

  • On Android, fixed an issue in FaceDetection API when the InputImage is constructed by bitmap with a non-zero rotationDegrees.

March 30, 2021

This release includes improvements and bug fixes.

Improvements

  • Added new models for Devanagari script languages for Digital Ink Recognition APIs.
  • On Android, updated version of external dependencies for Face Detection APIs and Image Labeling APIs.

Bug fixes

  • On Android, added Network permission to Translate API so app doesn't need to declare it.

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning16.1.4NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection16.1.5YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling16.0.3YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition16.1.3NO
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition16.2.0YES
com.google.mlkitentity-extraction16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.0.6YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.3YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom16.3.1NO
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase16.1.0NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection16.2.3NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom16.3.1NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection17.0.1-beta3NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection-accurate17.0.1-beta3NO
com.google.mlkitsegmentation-selfie16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkittranslate16.1.2YES

March 02, 2021

This release includes new features and improvements.

iOS API details

The following table lists the iOS APIs that have changed in this release.

Artifact nameVersionUpdated?
MLKitBarcodeScanning1.2.0YES
MLKitCommon2.1.0YES
MLKitDigitalInkRecognition1.2.0YES
MLKitEntityExtraction1.0.0-beta3YES
MLKitFaceDetection1.2.0YES
MLKitImageLabeling1.2.0YES
MLKitImageLabelingCommon1.2.0YES
MLKitImageLabelingCustom1.2.0YES
MLKitLanguageID1.2.0YES
MLKitLinkFirebase1.2.0YES
MLKitObjectDetection1.2.0YES
MLKitObjectDetectionCommon1.2.0YES
MLKitObjectDetectionCustom1.2.0YES
MLKitPoseDetection1.0.0-beta3YES
MLKitPoseDetectionAccurate1.0.0-beta3YES
MLKitPoseDetectionCommon1.0.0-beta3YES
MLKitSegmentationCommon1.0.0-beta1YES
MLKitSegmentationSelfie1.0.0-beta1YES
MLKitSmartReply1.2.0YES
MLKitTextRecognition1.2.0YES
MLKitTranslate1.2.0YES
MLKitVision1.2.0YES

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning16.1.4NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection16.1.4NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling16.0.2NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition16.1.3NO
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition16.1.0NO
com.google.mlkitentity-extraction16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.0.5NO
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.2NO
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom16.3.1NO
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase16.1.0NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection16.2.3NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom16.3.1NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection17.0.1-beta3YES
com.google.mlkitpose-detection-accurate17.0.1-beta3YES
com.google.mlkitsegmentation-selfie16.0.0-beta1YES
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkittranslate16.1.1NO

New features

  • Added Selfie Segmentation API, a CPU-based solution for developers to easily separate the background from users within a scene and focus on what matters.

Improvements

  • Raised the minimum supported version of Xcode to 12.2 in iOS.

Feburary 5, 2021

This patch release fixes a regression bug in the Face Detection APIs.

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning16.1.4NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection16.1.4YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling16.0.2NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition16.1.3NO
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition16.1.0NO
com.google.mlkitentity-extraction16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.0.5YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.2NO
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom16.3.1NO
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase16.1.0NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection16.2.3NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom16.3.1NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection17.0.1-beta2NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection-accurate17.0.1-beta2NO
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkittranslate16.1.1NO

Improvements and bug fixes

  • There was a regression bug introduced in Face Detection versions 16.1.3 (thin) and 16.0.4 (bundled) which resulted in poor face detection. This patch release fixes the bug.

January 26, 2021

This release includes new features, improvements and bug fixes.

iOS API details

The following table lists the iOS APIs that have changed in this release.

Artifact nameVersionUpdated?
MLKitBarcodeScanning1.1.0YES
MLKitDigitalInkRecognition1.1.0YES
MLKitEntityExtraction1.0.0-beta2YES
MLKitFaceDetection1.1.0YES
MLKitImageLabeling1.1.0YES
MLKitImageLabelingCustom1.1.0YES
MLKitLanguageID1.1.0YES
MLKitLinkFirebase1.1.0YES
MLKitObjectDetection1.1.0YES
MLKitObjectDetectionCustom1.1.0YES
MLKitPoseDetection1.0.0-beta2YES
MLKitPoseDetectionAccurate1.0.0-beta2YES
MLKitSmartReply1.1.0YES
MLKitTextRecognition1.1.0YES
MLKitTranslate1.1.0YES

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning16.1.4YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection16.1.3YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling16.0.2YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition16.1.3YES
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning16.1.1YES
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition16.1.0NO
com.google.mlkitentity-extraction16.0.0-beta1NO
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.0.4YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.2YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom16.3.1YES
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase16.1.0NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection16.2.3YES
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom16.3.1YES
com.google.mlkitpose-detection17.0.1-beta2YES
com.google.mlkitpose-detection-accurate17.0.1-beta2YES
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkittranslate16.1.1NO

New features

Improvements and bug fixes

  • The Pose Detection API recognizes more poses, such as when a user is directly facing the camera while doing squats and pushups.
  • The Pose Detection API base and accurate models are significantly smaller. This change does not impact the quality of the models.
  • The Android Vision APIs have been updated. The size of the unbundled variants in the pull-in SDKs backed by Google Play Services is reduced by approximately 16% (~160KB).

December 8, 2020

This release includes new features, improvements and bug fixes.

iOS API details

The following table lists the iOS APIs that have changed in this release.

Artifact nameVersionUpdated?
MLKitBarcodeScanning1.0.0YES
MLKitDigitalInkRecognition1.0.0YES
MLKitEntityExtraction1.0.0-beta1YES
MLKitFaceDetection1.0.0YES
MLKitImageLabeling1.0.0YES
MLKitImageLabelingCustom1.0.0YES
MLKitLanguageID1.0.0YES
MLKitLinkFirebase1.0.0YES
MLKitObjectDetection1.0.0YES
MLKitObjectDetectionCustom1.0.0YES
MLKitPoseDetection1.0.0-beta1YES
MLKitPoseDetectionAccurate1.0.0-beta1YES
MLKitSmartReply1.0.0YES
MLKitTextRecognition1.0.0YES
MLKitTranslate1.0.0YES

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning16.1.3YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection16.1.2YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling16.0.1YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition16.1.2YES
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning16.1.0YES
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition16.1.0NO
com.google.mlkitentity-extraction16.0.0-beta1YES
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.0.3YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.1YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom16.3.0YES
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase16.1.0YES
com.google.mlkitobject-detection16.2.2YES
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom16.3.0YES
com.google.mlkitpose-detection17.0.1-beta1YES
com.google.mlkitpose-detection-accurate17.0.1-beta1YES
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkittranslate16.1.1NO

New features

  • ML Kit is no longer in Beta. All of ML Kit's APIs (excluding Pose Detection and Entity Extraction) have graduated to General Availability status.

  • Added the Entity Extraction API (Beta). This API allows you to detect and locate entities (e.g. addresses, date/time etc.) from raw text. It supports 11 entity types and 15 languages, using the same technology that powers smart text selection in Android Q+.

    Entity Extraction works fully offline (aside from a one-time download of selected language model, which is ~700KB), and supports both Android and IOS.

Improvements and bug fixes

  • Breaking change: The AutoML image labeling API is removed. Instead, custom image classification models trained using AutoML Vision Edge are now supported by the Custom Image Labeling and Custom Object Detection & Tracking APIs directly.
  • The Custom Image Labeling and Custom Object Detection & Tracking now support remote models that are hosted in Firebase.
    • Added RemoteModelSource, FirebaseModelSource, and CustomRemoteModel classes to support custom models hosted remotely on Firebase server. Also added the support for creating a LocalModel instance from a manifest path of a local custom model trained by AutoML Vision Edge.
    • For the custom image labeling API, added the remote custom model support to the CustomImageLabelerOptions class.
    • For the custom object detection API, added the remote custom model support to the CustomObjectDetectorOptions class.
  • On Android, significantly reduced the SDK size for Vision APIs. For APIs with unbundled variants (backed by Google Play Services) the pull-in SDK's size reduces by ~900KB (~65% of original size). For all other Vision APIs, the pull-in SDK's size reduces by ~600KB. The exception is Digital Ink Recognition, for which the SDK size remains the same.
  • On Android, enabled NNAPI acceleration for Object Detection & Tracking with Base models in STREAM_MODE on selected devices and OSes (Pixel 3, 3XL, 4, 4XL with Android Q or R at the moment), which provides faster model inference and saves energy.
  • On Android, fixed an issue in Barcode Scanning API where it did not work on some devices running with camera-camera2:1.0.0-beta08 version or later.

November 2, 2020

This release includes improvements and bug fixes.

iOS: GoogleMLKit/LinkFirebase 0.64.1

Improvements and bug fixes

  • Upgraded the version range of FirebaseCore dependency in MLKitLinkFirebase from 6.x to 7.x, FirebaseInstanceID dependency from 4.x to 7.x.

October 29, 2020

This release includes improvements and bug fixes.

iOS: GoogleMLKit/Common 0.64.2

Improvements and bug fixes

  • Upgraded the version range of GoogleUtilities/UserDefaults dependency in MLKitCommon from 6.x to 7.x.

October 26, 2020

This release includes improvements and bug fixes.

iOS: GoogleMLKit/Common 0.64.1

Improvements and bug fixes

  • Upgraded the version range of GoogleDataTransport dependency in MLKitCommon from 7.x to 8.x.

September 29, 2020

This release includes new features, improvements and bug fixes.

iOS API Version: 0.64.0

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning16.1.2NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection16.1.1NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-image-labeling16.0.0YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning16.0.3NO
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition16.1.0NO
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.0.2NO
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.0NO
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-automl16.2.1NO
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom16.2.1NO
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase16.0.1NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection16.2.1NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detectio-custom16.2.1NO
com.google.mlkitpose-detection17.0.0YES
com.google.mlkitpose-detection-accurate17.0.0YES
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply16.1.1NO
com.google.mlkittranslate16.1.1NO

New features

  • On Android, added a “thin” variant of Image Labeling API, backed by Google Play Services. Reduces size impact to your app by ~3 MB compared to the bundled variant.

Improvements and bug fixes

  • Breaking change: Split Pose Detection into two libraries for size optimization. One library only bundles the fast models, while the other only bundles the accurate models. This helps save the application size, if you only use one set of the models. Same change happened to iOS: The PoseDetection pod now contains only the fast models. To use the accurate models, use the PoseDetectionAccurate pod instead.
  • On iOS, fixed a memory leak which occurred during pose detector deallocation.

August 25, 2020

This release includes new features, improvements and bug fixes.

iOS API Version: 0.63.0

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs that have changed in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning16.1.2YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection16.1.1YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition16.1.1YES
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning16.0.3YES
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition16.1.0YES
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.0.2YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling17.0.0YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-automl16.2.1YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom16.2.1YES
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id16.1.1YES
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase16.0.1YES
com.google.mlkitobject-detection16.2.1YES
com.google.mlkitobject-detectio-custom16.2.1YES
com.google.mlkitpose-detection16.0.0YES
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply16.1.1YES
com.google.mlkittranslate16.1.1YES

New features

  • Added the Pose Detection API, a CPU-based, lightweight and versatile solution for developers to track a user’s physical actions in real time within their apps. Pose Detection offers a 33 point skeletal match (with hands and feet tracking) of a users body in real time and has been tuned to work well for complex athletic use cases.

    Pose detection also works fully offline, comes with two operating modes (fast and accurate), and supports both Android and iOS.

Improvements and bug fixes

July 28, 2020

This release includes new features, improvements, and bug fixes.

iOS API Version: 0.62.0

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning16.1.1YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection16.1.0NO
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition16.1.0NO
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning16.0.2YES
com.google.mlkitdigital-ink-recognition16.0.0YES
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.0.1NO
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling16.2.0YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-automl16.2.0YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom16.2.0YES
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id16.1.0NO
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase16.0.0NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection16.2.0YES
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom16.2.0YES
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply16.1.0NO
com.google.mlkittranslate16.1.0NO

New features

  • Added a new Digital Ink Recognition API that recognizes text and shapes handwritten on a digital surface (e.g. touch screens). Supports 300+ languages, as well as emoji and autodraw. It is the same technology that powers handwriting recognition layouts in Gboard, the Google Translate apps and the Quick, Draw! game.

    Digital Ink Recognition works fully offline (aside from a one-time download of language packs), and supports both Android and iOS.

  • On Android, added support for specifying your own custom Executor for running expensive tasks like model loading and inference to Image Labeling and Object Detection and Tracking. With this release, all ML Kit APIs now support custom executors.

    By default, ML Kit uses a highly optimized, internally managed thread pool to run background tasks. This API can help with specialized use cases where developers want to keep full control over the threads in their app instead.

Improvements and bug fixes

  • On Android, for the Barcode Scanning API, fixed rotation handling of the input image.

July 15, 2020

This release includes improvements and bug fixes.

iOS: GoogleMLKit/Common 0.61.1

Improvements and bug fixes

  • Upgraded the version range of GoogleDataTransport dependency in MLKitCommon from 3.2 or higher to 7.0 or higher.
  • Removed the GoogleDataTransportCCTSupport dependency from MLKitCommon.

July 1, 2020

This release includes new features, improvements and bug fixes.

iOS API Version: 0.61.0

Android API details

The following table lists the Android APIs in this release.

Group IDArtifact nameVersionUpdated?
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning16.1.0YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-face-detection16.1.0YES
com.google.android.gmsplay-services-mlkit-text-recognition16.1.0YES
com.google.mlkitbarcode-scanning16.0.1YES
com.google.mlkitface-detection16.0.1YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling16.1.0YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-automl16.1.0YES
com.google.mlkitimage-labeling-custom16.1.0YES
com.google.mlkitlanguage-id16.1.0YES
com.google.mlkitlinkfirebase16.0.0NO
com.google.mlkitobject-detection16.1.0YES
com.google.mlkitobject-detection-custom16.1.0YES
com.google.mlkitsmart-reply16.1.0YES
com.google.mlkittranslate16.1.0YES

New features

  • The Image Labeling and Object Detection and Tracking APIs now support float-based custom models.

  • On Android, added support for specifying your own custom Executor for running expensive tasks like model loading and inference to all APIs except Image Labeling and Object Detection and Tracking.

    By default, ML Kit uses a highly optimized, internally managed thread pool to run background tasks. This API can help with specialized use cases where developers want to keep full control over the threads in their app instead.

Improvements and bug fixes

  • Breaking change: On iOS, for the Barcode Scanning API, fixed a typo in BarcodePersonName and renamed its pronounciation property to pronunciation.
  • Fixed an issue on iOS in the Translate and Smart Reply APIs where the app would crash if the device locale does not specify a region (e.g. "en" instead of "en-US").

June 3, 2020

Android: 16.0.0 / iOS: 0.60.0

This is the first release of ML Kit as a standalone SDK, independent from Firebase. This SDK offers all the on-device APIs that were previously offered through the ML Kit for Firebase SDK. For more information on this change and instructions on migrating your existing apps, please follow our migration guide.

This release includes new features, improvements and bug fixes.

New features

Improvements and bug fixes

  • On Android, included support for Face Contours in “thin” variant of Face Detection API, backed by Google Play Services. Reduces size impact to your app by ~20.3 MB compared to bundled variant.
  • On Android, improved CameraX and Camera2 performance for Barcode Scanning and Face Detection APIs by moving image processing code from Java to native code.
  • Android Jetpack Lifecycle support has been added to all APIs. Developers can use addObserver to automatically manage the initiation and teardown of ML Kit APIs as the app goes through screen rotation or closure by the user / system. This makes CameraX integration easier.
  • Text Recognition API: the most prevalent recognized language is now provided
  • Face Detection API: the Euler X angle of a face is now provided.
  • Barcode Scanning API [bundled]: added support for broken PDF417 start/stop pattern detection, improving recall by 10%.
  • Object Detection and Tracking API: updated localizer model, improving average precision and reducing footprint by ~700KB.

Legacy releases

Changes prior to June 3, 2020 can be found in the Firebase release notes.