Normally when you’re using Lens, you snap an image, Google does its initial analysis, and presents you with its ...

Google is about to integrate its Lens image recognition tool into its Gboard mobile keyboard. Thanks to the Scan Text function, you'll be able to scan a document and retrieve the text it contains.

The tech giant's Chrome changelog suggests that the functionality will be part of Lens' overlay. " [lensoverlay] Add mojo calls to copy and save selected region as image," reads the log.

Nevertheless, Gboard users will appreciate the inclusion of Scan Text, as it saves the trouble of switching back and forth from another app, like Google Lens, to scan images that contain text.

Chrome for iOS could already use Google Lens to search for a picture on your iPhone or one taken from the camera, but now you can add words along with it to narrow your search in one go.

Shop more efficiently in real life: Last fall, Google rolled out a new Lens feature to help with in-store shopping. Snap a photo of a product with the Lens app, and you'll see where you can buy it ...

Google Translate on the web can now convert text from images. It uses the same tech as the AR Translate tool for Google Lens, which performs real-time translations on smartphones.

Google is rolling out the “About this image” tab in Lens and Circle to Search results. People constantly resort to the company’s services to search for content related to images.

Google has been exploring the use of AI image recognition for skin conditions for years. At its I/O developer conference in 2021 the company previewed a tool that attempted to identify skin, hair ...

Note: Bard’s new Google Lens integration is only available in English at the time of writing. How to upload images to Bard Head to bard.google.com. Hit the plus icon next to the text field and ...