For some time now, between Google and Apple, the game of cat and mouse has been going on. It is not a secret that there is a particularly important competition between them, since their systems make up almost all smartphones on the market. Although it has always been inspired one for the other to bring new features to their respective operating system, the fact is that since the divorce from Apple with Google Maps on the iPhone this has worsened.

Now, and although it seems that more threads are thrown in the head, the novelties presented by one, are quickly available or advertised in the other. If Google announces a time management system on Android during I / O, Apple presents its idea for this system to WWDC. When Apple begins to announce advanced support for AR Google does the same. And here we are.

Apple presented WWDC 2018 with a curious application to perform augmented reality measurements by taking advantage of the advanced cameras of the iPhone. The application is available in the beta version of iOS 12, and developers who have had the opportunity to try it say that is working pretty well so this is not the case. is an interesting addition to the system. And Google's response has not been long.

The company introduced a new application identical to Apple to make measurements using the smartphone's camera and superimposed, in fact augmented, measuring information to what it captures the camera sensor. The app calls Measure and uses the advanced features of Google ARCore that the company launched in March 2018.

The measurement can be downloaded for free for any Android smartphone that, yes, is fully compatible with Google's ARCore platform this pitfall narrows the list to relatively newer devices. The application has no more functions than doing measurements, and the truth is that, as demonstrated by Apple, is a new idea to always postpone.