How to Get Started With Google Lens
Android: Be thrilled, Android fans who don’t own pixels. Almost 10 years have passed since the launch of Google Goggles , an application that allows you to learn more about real objects by photographing them. Google largely ditched the app when it launched a vastly improved version of the technology in Google Lens last year, but only Pixel owners could play in point-and-see mode.
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Google is now adding Lens to Google Photos , giving a lot more Android users the opportunity to play with this useful visual recognition technology. The company also promises that iOS users will also “soon” be able to use Lens in Google Photos .
Using Lens in Google Photos is simple, but slightly less convenient than Lens in Google Assistant . Just take a photo of anything, like a landmark, book, or business card, and open it in Google Photos. Click on the lens icon to have Google scan the image. Depending on what it recognizes, it will present you with a card with relevant information and, if applicable, several hints that you can click to interact with the item in additional ways.
For example, if you use Google Lens to scan a business card, it recognizes your contact’s email address, phone number, and title – to name a few items. You can then save that information to your phone as a new contact with one tap, saving yourself from all that annoying typing.
Thanks to the Lens integration in Photos, a lot more Android users can now take photos of their friends’ routers if they don’t want to bother entering complex usernames and passwords (even if your friends really should have changed them ). Google Lens can also help you identify flowers, natural objects, and food on your plate. If you’re traveling, you can scan your photographs of historic buildings to get an idea of what they are, take photographs of works of art to learn more about their artists, and even look for reviews of restaurants (and when they are open).