Do you need internet connection to use Amazon rekognition or can it be used in offline app?

Question

I would like to make an app that can utilize facial recognition from Amazon rekognition (AWS). Is internet connection required to use Amazon rekognition?

Answer 1

All AWS services are accessed via the Internet.

Your application will need to make an API call to AWS to process the picture/video. The benefit is that the computer/device using Rekognition does not require much process/memory because that is all done in the cloud.