Android’s Circle to Search functionality — which uses Gemini AI to let you search for specific parts of images or videos online — is getting more powerful. At today’s Made by Google event, Google announced that Android users with compatible devices will now be able to share their Circle to Search results with friends and family.
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The AI-powered discovery tool Circle to Search has been added to several Samsung and Google phones, including some that launched several years ago. Circle to Search is also available on some Android tablets, including the Pixel tablet.
Here’s the full list:
You can circle around, draw on or tap any object on your screen.
Once it’s enabled, use your finger to circle, scribble or tap anywhere on your screen to search on Google. If you’re unsure about what you can Circle to Search, it’s pretty much anything on your screen: a celebrity on Instagram, a lamp in the background of a TikTok or a vintage t-shirt on eBay. The options are truly limitless.
Circle to Search will then bring up a panel at the bottom of the screen that you can swipe up to view more information about the object you circled, like you would in Google Search.
In the example below, I tapped LeBron James’ pants on an Instagram post I saw. Google then identified the pants — Louis Vuitton Tailored Cotton Damier Cigarette pants, worth $1,890. In the Circle to Search panel, the first option is a direct link to the Louis Vuitton website to purchase them, while the rest of the options show other options to purchase the trousers or similar looking pants at various price points.
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