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

This is a great app- have found almost every single thing ive ever looked up and i come up with some random stuff to look up! Still like it as of 4/9/23 but am getting really irritated with the part at the bottom of the screen where it asks if it was helpful and wants a rating. That takes up too much room and doesnt clear off the screen. Its in the way!

The Google Lens app has exceeded my expectations of a photo based search engine. From my experience with this app at the time of release up to now, is a night and day difference. At first it felt sluggish and in a sort of primate stage. Now it has advanced far ahead of where it should be. I used it on my dog to see if it would even get close. It was exactly right. So I used it on a car a pretty good distance away and immediately got the make model and exact year. 10/10 stars if I could!!

I keep getting random items from family and have no idea what they are. Or while junkin' I'll find something odd and interesting that even the shop doesn't know what it is. This saves so much time. I'm loving this so much. Having the ability to figure out what some obscure item is quickly and without a lot of headache is impressive and so handy. For me, it's been roughly 85% accurate and it seems to still be learning.

What's new

Lens now analyzes camera motion for more accurate results.