Google Lens

Google LLC

About this app

Google Lens lets you search 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 Lens features require an internet connection.

Ratings and reviews

Lens has successfully helped me identify dozens of buildings, towns, gardens all around Europe in photos I took over twenty years ago but have since lost my diary record. A very useful, time saving app. I also use it regularly to successfully translate less familiar languages (Japanese, Icelandic, etc) but strangely it gives varying translations according to how far the device is held from the text. Nevertheless it always provides useful insights.

It's pretty amazing how well it can identify old things that possibly have no identifying emblems/stickers/name plates/engravings of "model numbers/serial numbers"! It just uses its vast information database, (of the internet,) to identify exactly what something is, a ballpark age range if it was made in more than one year, & the manufacturer name. It's great for old toys, lamps, etc, etc...

Dropped a star due to a change today or this weekend (was fine last week). I use Lens through the Google Search bar on my phone all the time to read QR code for secure login. It used to open straight to the camera view; nice, neat, quick. Today after clicking to open I have to then click 'Open camera'. What's the point of it being in the Google search bar for easy access when I've got to do a few clicks. I can't figure out how to restore the old functionality. Online suggestions not applicable.

What’s new

Lens now analyzes camera motion for more accurate results.