A method for identifying an object (610, 710, 810) associated with a nearby Internet of Things, IoT, device (612, 712, 812), comprising: receiving identifying information (614, 714, 814) associated with an object (610, 710, 810), the object associated with the nearby IoT device (612, 712, 812) wherein receiving comprises: receiving a plurality of types of identifying information associated with each of a plurality of nearby IoT devices; determining a variance of each of the plurality of types of identifying information across the plurality of nearby IoT devices; and identifying the object based on the variance of each of the plurality of types of identifying information across the plurality of nearby IoT devices; identifying a nearby object (616, 716, 816) in a field of view (602, 702, 802) of a camera application; determining whether or not the identified nearby object (616, 716, 816) is the object (610, 710, 810) associated with the nearby IoT device (612, 712, 812) based on matching the received identifying information (614, 714, 814) with the identified nearby object (616, 716, 816); and if the received identifying information (614, 714, 814) matches the identified nearby object (616, 716, 816), correlating the identified nearby object (616, 716, 816) with object information associated with the object (610, 710, 810) and tagging the identified nearby object (616, 716, 816) with the object information associated with the object (610, 710, 810) in a picture or video of the identified nearby object (616, 716, 816). receiving identifying information (614, 714, 814) associated with an object (610, 710, 810), the object associated with the nearby IoT device (612, 712, 812) wherein receiving comprises: receiving a plurality of types of identifying information associated with each of a plurality of nearby IoT devices; determining a variance of each of the plurality of types of identifying information across the plurality of nearby IoT devices; and identifying the object based on the variance of each of the plurality of types of identifying information across the plurality of nearby IoT devices; receiving a plurality of types of identifying information associated with each of a plurality of nearby IoT devices; determining a variance of each of the plurality of types of identifying information across the plurality of nearby IoT devices; and identifying the object based on the variance of each of the plurality of types of identifying information across the plurality of nearby IoT devices; identifying a nearby object (616, 716, 816) in a field of view (602, 702, 802) of a camera application; determining whether or not the identified nearby object (616, 716, 816) is the object (610, 710, 810) associated with the nearby IoT device (612, 712, 812) based on matching the received identifying information (614, 714, 814) with the identified nearby object (616, 716, 816); and if the received identifying information (614, 714, 814) matches the identified nearby object (616, 716, 816), correlating the identified nearby object (616, 716, 816) with object information associated with the object (610, 710, 810) and tagging the identified nearby object (616, 716, 816) with the object information associated with the object (610, 710, 810) in a picture or video of the identified nearby object (616, 716, 816).