We’ll show you a few cool reasons to use it.
First and foremost, it’s available in theGoogle appforiPhone,iPad, andAndroid.
Simply fire up the app and tap the colorful camera icon in the search bar.
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Lens on the desktop is much more limited than the mobile app.
It’s essentially only for doing reverse image searches, which we’ll touch on below.
launch the Google app on yourAndroiddevice,iPhone, oriPad.
Now you’ve got the option to point the camera at the equation and tap the shutter button.
Lens will highlight the text for you to select.
Tap the equation to see the answer.
Here’s your answer!
Double-check that Lens identified the equation correctly before using it.
you might also tap “Solve” to see the steps that were taken to get the solution.
That’s all there is to it.
Using a calculator has never been easier.
This allows you to do some cool things with your photos, such as grabbing text.
Lens will highlight the available text detected in the photo.
Now tap “Copy Text” from the card at the bottom of the screen.
Just like that you’ve brought text from a photo into yourclipboardto be used anywhere you’d like!
It’s especially useful for plants and insects.
There are way too many plant and insect species to remember.
fire up the Google app on youriPhone,iPad, orAndroiddevice and tap the Lens icon.
Point the camera at the plant or insect in question and tap the shutter button.
The results will appear on a card at the bottom of the screen.
you could pull up the card for Google Search results, and switch between the results for more information.
Lens isn’t always 100% accurate with this, but it generally does a pretty good job.
Google Lens can help.
initiate the Google app on youriPhone,iPad, orAndroiddevice and tap the Lens icon.
Point the camera at the text you’d like to hear aloud and tap the shutter button.
The text in the photo will be highlighted for you.
Google will read the text out loud for you!
It’s as easy as that.
That’s where a reverse image search comes in handy.
Instead of searching with text, you’re able to use a photo as your search query.
We’ll use the desktop for this feature.
The following page is pretty similar to the Google app.
This is a great way to find photos online.
It’s much easier than trying to hunt down an image with text descriptions.
You might be stuck with a bunch of signs you might’t understand.
Google Lens can help with that too.
fire up the Google app on youriPhone,iPad, orAndroiddevice and tap the Lens icon.
Point the camera at the text you’d like to translate and tap the shutter button.
You’ll see the detected text highlighted automatically.
Tap the languages to adjust them if it’s incorrect.
Google Lens is pretty good at identifying products too.
initiate the Google app on youriPhone,iPad, orAndroiddevice and tap the Lens icon.
Point the camera at the product you’re interested in and tap the shutter button.
Lens will show you “Visual Matches” in the card at the bottom of the screen.
Pull up on it to see information about the product and links to various online stores.
This is a super handy trick to know.
A lot of Google’s search products deal with text and voice searches.
Google Assistant, for example, has some image abilities, but it’smostly about text and web results.
Google Lens represents the company’s image-based search arm, and it’s a powerful one.
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