Google Lens now supports voice input, video search: Here’s how it works

TOI Tech Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Oct 4, 2024, 18:20 IST

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Google Lens now supports voice and video inputs for search. Users can ask questions directly by holding the shutter button while using the Google app on Android or iPhone. The video search feature is available for Search Labs users in the 'AI Overviews and more' experiment and supports English queries globally.

Google Lens now supports voice input, video search: Here’s how it works

Google has announced new updates for its visual search tool, Google Lens. The company has confirmed that the Google Lens will now allow users to search with voice and video inputs. Earlier this year, Google previewed Lens’ video understanding capabilities at its I/O developer conference. Now users can also access Lens to search by taking a video and asking questions about the moving objects that they see.Apart from this, Google Lens will also offer users the option to ask a question with their voice. Voice input will be available for users whenever they take a photo with Google Lens. For this, users have to point their camera, hold the shutter button and ask whatever’s on their mind.
Previously, users had to take a picture and then type in their questions manually. Now, with voice input in Google Lens, users can search what they see and ask questions about it all in one go.

Google Lens voice input and video search: Availability

In a blog post, Google confirmed that the video search capability is available globally in the Google app (for both Android and iPhones) for Search Labs users enrolled in the “AI Overviews and more” experiment, with support for English queries. Meanwhile, voice input for Google Lens is also available globally for English queries in the Google app for both Android and iPhone users.

Google Lens voice input: A step-by-step guide

Follow these steps to use voice input in Google Lens:

Open the Google app (on Android or iPhone)
Tap the camera icon in the Search bar to open Lens.
Point the phone’s camera at whatever you want to ask about.
Hold down the shutter button and ask your question out loud, like “Why did the artist paint this?” or “What kind of clouds are these?”

Google Lens video search: A step-by-step guide

Google Search Lab users who are enrolled in the "AI Overviews and more" experiment can access the video search feature on Lens. For this, follow these steps:

Open Google Lens from the Google app (on Android or iPhone)
Hold the shutter button to capture a video to provide Lens with even more visual context for the search
Scroll through the results, which may include an AI Overview, as well as links to relevant sites across the web.
To ask questions about the recorded video, tap the microphone icon at the top of the results page.

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