In 2017 Google launched this app, and now you can get Google Lens for iPhone. We are sure that an android user already told you about this app and how it works, but we will tell you. Google Lens is a useful tool that uses an AI to identify things through your phone’s camera. In other words, you can know everything about anything thanks to your phone.
At first, this app was exclusive for Android, but you can use it on your iPhone right now. However, the only way to access can be quite complicated, and probably you don’t know-how. We recommend you try to open it with our help because you can do thousands of things with this function.
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What do I need to do first?
If you want to get Google Lens for iPhone, you need to download the Google Photos app and the Google app. The lens function is built in both apps, and you can access it through them. We recommend you download both if you want to use the whole app because both let you do different things.
With Google Photos, you could use Lens on your older pictures or in pictures you just take. On the other hand, with the Google App, you can use Lens with your camera. This means you could focus on things and find information in real-time. If you don’t want to download any of these and won’t use this function all the time, you could use Google Image.
How Google Lens for iPhone works?
It’s the same either on your iPhone or your Android. Google will use your camera to recognize things, locations, texts, and faces. For example, if you aim your camera at your food, the app will tell you almost everything. You will get the recipe, the nutritional information and some tips on how to make it better.
Another helpful thing it does is schedule events or even helps you with online shopping. How? If you aim your camera to a poster, the app will do everything. Google will add the date to your calendar and show you where to buy the tickets if something big. You can also identify the name of plants, animals, or even give you trivia of important landmarks.
How to use Google Lens on photos you already save
Using Google Lens for iPhone isn’t as hard as we might make it sound. However, there are a few tricky steps you need to be aware of. Here, we will show you how to do this, or at least, we made step by step for you.
- First, you need to download the latest version of the Google Photo app, as we mentioned before.
- Then, when you open the app, it will ask for your permissions; tap OK to give Google Photos full access to your photos.
- If you did this right, all of your stored photos would appear in the app.
- Now, open an image and tap the Google Lens icon — the one that looks like a square with a circle inside.
- Tap somewhere if you want a description of the item, similar photos or any specific information.
- You can tap another place if you want more information.
How to use Google Lens for iPhone with your camera
Using the app live is very easy too, but you need another app first. You will need the latest version of the Google app, so you should download it. The real-time function is amazing, and you can learn about anything on the go.
- After you download the app we mentioned, open it and tap the Google Lens icon on the right of the search bar. Tap OK to all the permissions the app asks for.
- If you did this in the right way, the Google screen would turn into your camera. You can scan your environment, and Google Lens will show you information with pop-ups all over the screen.
- Tap on any of the bubbles if you still need more information on any subject you came across.
Google is improving with every use
Not every AI is perfect, most of them are still learning, and they don’t always get everything right. So there will be a few times went the app will make a mistake here or there. One example of this is the way it might focus on something rather than the one you are looking for. When this happens, just try it again or do it later.
If Google Lens for iPhone sends you an error, try to leave a comment on the matter. Every time Google focus on something and generate a result, it will ask if you find it useful. Whenever you check yes or no, you will help the AI to improve gradually. However, always try to search when the image is clear, and you can get a good picture.
How to improve the search results
Generally, the results are very on point and impressive, so you can accurately identify almost anything. You could learn more about animals, plants, dishes, food, veggies, and many things more. In other words, you could know about anything, but sometimes Google gets it wrong, as we mentioned.
If you want to have the best results, you should try to have the best lighting you can. In low light environments, Google struggles to understand the shape and size of what it’s looking at. Of course, this means that you won’t get a good result, so please try to always use natural light or at least enough light.
What else can Google Lens do?
You can check for information, but you could also translate things. Yes, you can aim at the camera and solve anything in real-time and read whatever you want to on the screen. This is a handy feature if you are travelling, and you don’t get directions. On the other hand, you can copy text from images and even search for the item in any online store.
