Google Lens

Google LLC

About this app

Google Lens lets you search for what you see, get things done faster and understand the world around you − using just your camera or a photo.

SCAN & TRANSLATE TEXT
Translate words you see, save a business card to your contacts, add events to your calendar from a poster and copy and paste complicated codes or long paragraphs into your phone to save time.

IDENTIFY PLANTS & ANIMALS
Find out what that plant is in your friend's apartment or what kind of dog you saw in the park.

EXPLORE PLACES AROUND YOU
Identify and learn about landmarks, restaurants and storefronts. See ratings, hours of operation, historical facts and more.

FIND THE LOOK YOU LIKE
See an outfit that catches your eye? Or a chair that's perfect for your living room? Find similar clothes, furniture and home decor to the one you like.

KNOW WHAT TO ORDER
See popular dishes on a restaurant menu based on reviews from Google Maps.

SCAN CODES
Quickly scan QR codes and barcodes.

*Limited availability and not available in all languages or regions. For further details go to g.co/help/lens. Some Google Lens features require an Internet connection.

Ratings and reviews

I greatly prefer the previous iteration of Google Lens in comparison to this latest version. The older version is considerably more user-friendly and intuitive to navigate when contrasted with the new one. Additionally, the new version only offers three primary functions, which is a significant deficiency when compared to the extensive capabilities of the previous version. Furthermore, the disappearance of the world icon on the right side has left me feeling disappointed and dissatisfied.

From a great app to one of the worst. Translating text are a lot harder than the previous version, instead of straight translation it went to search straight away and can't turn off the search toggle. A waste of time for this one. Update: Translate section has been fixed, can easily be used and toggle search isn't a problem anymore.

The features are so nice. Very useful to me especially the translation. But one concern, the ACCURACY OF DETECTING TEXTS especially foreign texts is sometimes awkward. Also there are times where it can't detect the the whole sentence or word, ending up highlighting just the few characters of the word in foreign text making it hard or impossible to translate or copy.

What's new

Lens now analyses camera motion for more accurate results.