Google created a surprise in 2017 by introducing Google Lens, an image recognition tool powered by artificial intelligence. To identify objects in an image. Simply put, you just point your smartphone’s camera at a plant, animal, book or product in the store for it to be identified by Lens. Reviews available online, descriptions and even contextual suggestions are then displayed, such as addresses of other sellers where to find the product in question.
Since then, the Mountain View company has taken particular care to integrate Google Lens into its products. Google Photos, then in the flagship browser Chrome. And since November 1, 2022, the company has gone even further in integrating Lens into its services.
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You can access Google Lens directly from the search engine
Actually, technology now available directly on the homepage from the famous search engine. “Google’s homepage doesn’t change very often, but today it is. We’re always working to expand the types of questions you can ask and improve the way we answer them. “Now you can easily ask visual questions from your desktop.” Rajan Patel, Google’s vice president of engineering, writes on Twitter.
In summary, a Lens button (What looks like a Google color camera) is now available directly in the Google Search search bar. Here you can: drag and drop an image or import one of your files to perform a search. It is also possible to: paste the image link to perform your image search.
As a reminder, searches via Google Lens are expected to arrive in France soon. This feature, called Multi-Search, was previously only available in the United States and only supported English. This tool allows you to search by combining image, text, and also audio pronouncing a specific request. The aim is to improve the results achieved as much as possible.
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