- Google is adding its visual search tool, Lens, to every Android smartphone.
- Lens initially launched on all Google Pixel 2 phones last October.
- The tool acts like a smart magnifying glass. It can identify brands, restaurants, or objects you see in real life, or scan things like business cards or flyers for phone numbers and addresses.
- Lens is now rolling out to Android devices with Google Photos, and will be coming soon to iOS.
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Google just added one of its most futuristic features to every Android phone — and it's coming soon to iPhones (GOOG, GOOGL)
Google Lens uses your phone's camera as a "smart" magnifying glass, identifying things you see in the real world.
One of the most futuristic features of the Pixel 2 is making its way to everyone with an Android phone — and soon, it'll be available on iOS.
Called Google Lens, the feature was a new addition to Google's latest smartphone, which came out last October. Lens basically works as a visual search engine, using your smartphone's camera to identify what you see in the real world. Up until now, Lens was only available on the Pixel.
Google announced on its Google Photos Twitter account that Lens is now rolling out to every Android device with Google Photos installed, and would be arriving on iOS devices in the near future.
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