EDITORS’ CHOICE

Be My Eyes

Editors’ Choice celebrates the very best apps and games—handpicked by App Store Editors around the world.

Leveraging AI, along with millions of volunteers around the world, this groundbreaking accessibility app helps people who are blind or who have low vision navigate everyday activities.

We knew we loved it when: We heard Be My Eyes product evangelist (and user) Andy Lane share his experience with the app. “If you’ve got Be My AI and the volunteers in your pocket, it breaks a barrier,” Lane says. “I can get out there, and it’s going to be OK.”

The app’s Be My AI feature does more than identify everything in a room—it can describe the vibe of the setting too.

Our favorite discovery: With the evolution of the Be My AI feature, the app can now assist in moments too personal to share with strangers. Snap a photo of anything and Be My AI will read aloud a detailed description of what’s in the frame. When checking the results of a pregnancy test, for example, Be My AI can preserve your privacy—and let you decide whom to share the news with first.

Biggest surprise: The app’s Groups feature lets users create a list of volunteers they’ve had positive interactions with. “Some users experience anxiety about speaking to new people,” Lane says.