Our friends over at Paddy Power have just released a brand new app that we find pretty mind-blowing. Their new free Premier League app comes with a really cool point and click feature that allows you to get the latest odds on any game by just pointing your phone at the screen. We've tested it here in the office on a variety of different size televisions and we've found it to be extremely accurate.
i tried this over the weekend while watching the tottenham hotspurs vs chelsea and manchester united vs stoke games and it worked a treat. i watched the united game in the pub and it was still able to detect the game even though the telly was 20 feet away.
Awesome idea. Does anyone know if the apps works with any other sports? Maybe american football, rugby, hockey, basketball or baseball?
When Apple release their iWatch I can really see this feature being useful. You could walk into any bar, point your watch at the television screen and the odds for that horse race or match will just pop up on your watch.
Does anyone know if this is available via their main bookmaker app yet? Seems silly to have 2 separate apps.
I've taken a look at the features list of their betting app here https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/paddy-power-bet/id382030091?mt=8 and it doesn't appear to mention anything about game recognition yet. I presume they need to test it further before they add the technology to their primary bookmaker app.
i haven't noticed anyone using the app down at the pub either so maybe it needs a little more tweeking before they're comfortable with adding it to their main app.
I think there is a good chance we shall see this technology be reintroduced after the Apple iWatch is released. The display of the iWatch will be a little too small to easily search for specific sports events, but if you would just point your watch at the television to get the latest in-play betting odds I think it would be amazing.
PaddyPower no longer offer a specific app for the Barclay English Premier League. Most of the features can now be found in their main bookmaker app for iOS, Android and Nokia Lumia. Follow this thread for a discussion of the best English Premier League betting apps http://forums.iphonebettingapps.com/showthread.php?577-Top-English-Premier-League-Betting-Apps
It's a real shame that Paddy Power no longer support this technology because it was quiet useful. Hopefully it will make a return in future updates but until then here is a video of the game recognition software in action...