This ex-exclusive google-function is now available on iOS

As the timing is interesting. WhileApple has just announced its new iPhone 16tha less expensive model allowing to access Apple Intelligence, now Google deploys a surprise update the same day (namely Wednesday, February 19) allowing users to do a search on their screen by carrying out a circle Around the mention that they wish to discover more in depth. You will understand: This is the Circle To Search tool. This is at least the name whose function benefits from Android smartphones. For iOS, Google, however, abandons the name, actually integrating it into Google Lens.

Circle to Search who does not bear the name

Please note, there are however differences with the Android version: if users of the Google operating system can make long support on the navigation bar or the home button to activate Circle to Search, iPhone users Can only use Google Lens to search for what is displayed on their screen, directly from the Google or Google Chrome application. But in petrol, the function has the same purpose: allowing iPhone users to select and search for specific content on the screen thanks to simple gestures like typing, highlighting or drawing.

So how do you use the new function? It's quite simple: on iOS, just open the three -point menu in Chrome and select “Search on the screen with Google Lens”. It is less intuitive than on Android, but it is important to note that an intuitive version will soon be available with a Lens icon directly displayed in the address bar, similar to the Chrome version on computer launched last summer .