Now you can use Google Lens to look your iPhone display

Should you’re a fan of Google Circle to Search on Android gadgets however use an iPhone, you may be happy to listen to an analogous characteristic is making its option to iOS.

Google has introduced that iPhone customers can now use Google Lens throughout the Chrome and Google app on iOS to seek for issues displayed on their screens. Customers can rapidly draw, spotlight, or faucet their display to conduct a visible seek for something that draws their curiosity.

This characteristic resembles Circle to Search however is restricted to the Chrome/Google app on iOS as a substitute of being obtainable throughout the whole gadget, like on Android. As a fan of Circle to Search, I am thrilled to see an analogous characteristic launched on iOS, even when it is just obtainable in two particular apps. The replace is rolling out globally this week.

“Whether or not you’re studying an article, looking for a product or watching a video, you need to use this characteristic to rapidly carry out a visible search whereas searching, with out having to take a screenshot or open a brand new tab,” Google stated in a blog post.

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The way to use Lens to look your display on iOS

Google can also be including AI Overviews to Lens search outcomes

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Google Lens is helpful for locating out info quick and is used for over 20 billion searches every month, so having fast entry to it on iOS is a welcome addition. Right here’s methods to use it to look what’s in your iPhone’s display.

1. Open the Chrome or Google app on iOS.

2. Faucet the three-dot menu.

3. Selected the choice “Search this Display.”

4. Circle, spotlight, or draw on no matter you wish to seek for in your display.

The replace is rolling out now, so in case you do not see the choice but, double-check that the Chrome or Google app in your iOS gadget is up-to-date. In future updates, Google says it can make it simpler to entry by including an icon within the search bar to activate it. Nevertheless, no timeline has been supplied for when it will occur.

Google additionally introduced it’s including its AI Overviews to Lens search outcomes with out having to immediate it with a query. For instance, you possibly can faucet the digicam icon within the Search bar and snap a photograph with Lens. It’ll then seek for no matter you took an image of, and also you’ll get an AI Overview of what it’s. This characteristic is rolling out for the Google app on iOS and Android in nations the place AI Overview is supported, and is coming quickly to the Chrome app on cellular gadgets and desktop.

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