Google Lens will enable Android smartphones to dramatically improve the search experience.
On February 8, 2023, Google published numerous announcements relating to artificial intelligence and its use in its products and services. On Android, Google Lens will have a new feature: “Search from your screen”.
Find information from a photo or video
The Mountain View company explains that the principle of this function is to allow users to search from what they see on the screen, whether it is a text or an image, without having to need to open their browser or type in a query.
” Thanks to this technology, you will be able to launch searches based on a photo or video directly from your favorite sites or applications, such as instant messaging services and video applications, without interrupting your activities or your experience. ”, let it be known
Elizabeth Reid, vice president of Google in charge of the Search section.
For example, if you receive a photo or video from a friend, you can search for a monument seen in the background. To do this, you have to long press the start or home button on the smartphone to summon Google Assistant, then select the “Search on this screen” option which then appears. Google specifies that the feature will be rolled out “ In the coming months “.
Multisearch evolves and expands
At its last Google I/O conference, the American company presented Multisearch, which allows you to launch searches from images and text simultaneously to respond to more specific requests that are difficult to formulate with text alone.
Multisearch will be enriched and is now available on all smartphones with Google Lens in the world and in all languages. The Alphabet subsidiary takes the opportunity to remind you that a local search option has recently been added to Multisearch in order to find what you need near you. Accessible in the United States and in English only, it will be deployed internationally in the coming months.
In a few months also, Multisearch will be able to be used to launch a search on mobile from any image from the results page. This research can be supplemented with a text to make it even more precise.
Source : Google
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