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 one of the most useful apps I've seen lately. A must if you want to identify something. It has identified almost everything I've tried to identify. It has even ID things a little out of focus. Objects it can't ID happens if there are several objects that are so similar that it's too hard to discern between them, or the object has not been entered into this database. But, that is getting more rare as more people update the database.

I love Google Lens. It answers a lot of questions and is done merely by taking a photograph of the subject matter in question. This particular instance is of me in query of text on a tube of Malin+Goerz botanical conditioner. I wondered about the exact wording; remove easily hair without leaving any residue. I've yet to discover the actual meaning, sequence, or dialect of these words and the arrangement of them, but I had the option of having them read aloud to me, which did verify authenticity.

Use this a lot. Great invention. It's complete w pricing and availability. It's also free n I'm satisfied w/o an upgrade. Not monetizing so not paying... Am impressed w how well it works. It's an online Webster's Dictionary+. Now inclusive of slang.. no longer considered slang. And again, it's Free. I'm really very happy w the basic. We've been able to identify what grows, where, when, how. I didn't give 5 since it means perfection to me. It's not perfect.. but it's great.

What's new

Lens now analyzes camera motion for more accurate results.