Google Lens Integration With Search on Desktop for Web in Works: Report

Google Lens might quickly make its strategy to the Google Search homepage when utilizing Chrome for desktop. As per a report, Lens icon was lately noticed on google.com by a consumer whereas browsing with Incognito Mode on Chrome. This primarily provides customers an choice to go looking a picture on Chrome for desktop immediately from the Google Search homepage slightly than from a particular webpage or search outcomes. This characteristic ought to present a extra built-in picture search expertise to customers on all platforms together with macOS. At present, Google Chrome for desktop has an choice to “Search picture with Google Lens” when a consumer proper clicks on any photograph.

9to5Google in a report stated that the Google Lens icon was noticed on google.com (utilizing Chrome for desktop) within the search area subsequent to the microphone icon when browsing in Incognito Mode. Notably, the Google Lens emblem is similar because the one seen on the Search bar on Android. Whenever you faucet the Lens button, it opens up a field with “Search any picture with Google Lens” on prime. The field asks the customers to both “drag a picture” or “add a file” with the intention to search a picture with Google Lens. This returns the data in the identical format as you get once you proper click on on any picture on a webpage and choose the choice “Search picture with Google Lens”.

The searched picture seems on the left column, and the outcomes, together with the Information Panels (when accessible) in addition to visually matching photos, will present up in the proper column.

The “Search picture with Google Lens” characteristic was rolled out to all customers final yr within the Chrome 92 replace. The Google Lens integration is at the moment seen on the Google Search widget on Android for normal customers, whereas its presence on google.com on Chrome for desktop appears to be nonetheless below testing.

The 9to5Google report additionally says that the Google Lens integration on Search homepage ought to provide a constant expertise throughout all platforms together with macOS.

Lately, Google up to date its Digicam and Lens apps to repair a difficulty the place customers had been unable to scan QR codes correctly, as per a report. The issue was confronted by customers of Google Pixel smartphones on Android 12 together with some OnePlus smartphone customers.