To use the feature, you’ll just tap on the Lens camera icon in the Google search app for iOS or Android, or in the search box on your Android phone.

When this feature was first announced in 2022, a generic camera icon was used. It switched to a single color variant of the Google Lens icon last year, and the full blue, yellow, green, and red ...

Google said it's experimenting with adding its Lens search-by-camera feature to YouTube on Android mobile devices. Google said its test is rolling out to a "small percentage" of viewers.

Google says it plans to streamline this process in the coming months by adding a dedicated Lens icon to the browser's address bar, similar to the desktop Chrome implementation launched last year.

While there isn't a way to opt in from the app, those that are in the experiment will now see a Google Lens button in the search bar of the YouTube app for Android. Tapping on this icon will open ...