How to use Google Lens on iPhone

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Although Apple mobiles already have their own recognition tools through the camera, their users do not have to give up the advantages of other external programs. Nor to those of Microsoft. In this post we are going to explain how to use Google Lens on iPhone.

This application is one of the best examples of the incredible results that can be achieved thanks to the combination of artificial intelligence and the increasingly sophisticated cameras of the new smartphone models.

Google Lens: what is it for

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This fantastic technological tool was launched in 2017 to become the first great image recognition application.

How does Google Lens work? Its use is very simple: you just have to point the phone's camera at any object, wait for the camera to focus on it and then press the button. The application will take care of identifying the objective or reading the codes or labels it has, then showing the search results and all the relevant information.

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An example: if we point our phone's camera at a Wi-Fi tag that includes the network name and password, our device will connect automatically. But in addition to that, Google Lens can also help us translate texts, identify all kinds of objects, and even find answers to equations.

Google Lens can be us very useful in many circumstances. By pointing the camera at a store window, we will know all the details of a product, its price in other stores and the reviews of other users. If we point at the facade of a restaurant, we will obtain the menu, prices and the opinions of other users.

Needless to say it is an even more valuable tool when we go on a trip. With Google Lens we will discover everything there is to know about the works of art in a museum or about the monuments and buildings that we find on our way.

Using Google Lens on an Android device is as easy as it gets Google Play, download the app and install it. However, if it is an iPhone it is different, because we will not find it in the App Store. What to do then to use Google Lens on the iPhone?

Google Lens for iPhone

There are two ways to use Google Lens on an iPhone, since it's built into two iOS apps: the Google app and Google Photos.

It should be noted that there is an important difference between the two modes. Full visual recognition will only work in the Google app, while with Google Photos it will only serve us in the images that we have saved in this gallery.

Google application

Google app

This should be the priority option if what we want is to use Google Lens on an iPhone. As you probably already know, the Google application It gives us access to a huge variety of Google services and tools. Among them is also Google Lens.

So, simply by installing this application on the iPhone we will be able to use Google Lens with the phone's camera in real time. It will also be possible to search for previously saved images. The process is this:

  1. Download and install the Google app on the iPhone.
  2. In the Google app, we click on the small square with a dot that appears in the search box on the right of the screen.
  3. The application will open with all its options, which will be displayed when you point the camera at a specific object or place.

To use Google Lens in real time with our iPhone, you simply have to swipe the screen with your finger to display the different options: text for reading, Translate for translations, dining to identify food, etc. Then you just have to press the shutter (the white button on the screen) and wait a few moments for Google Lens to analyze the image and perform the relevant search on its servers before presenting us with the results. Obviously, we are going to need to have a WiFi or data connection for it to work.

Important: Be careful, what we explain here only valid for iPhoneIn the case of the iPad, the only solution, although it is not the ideal one, is to do it through Google Photos.

Google Photos

Google Photos

This is the second option. Also, it is the best option for iPad. Google's cloud photo backup service comes with many exciting features for editing and organizing images online. That's why Google Photos it is such a popular app.

The Google Lens tool is also included within Google Photos. With it we will be able to open any image from the iPhone or iPad gallery (but only the one corresponding to this Google application), which we can later analyze with a single touch on the screen.

Despite its limitations, the mode of use is exactly the same.


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