Google Chrome for Desktop Is Getting Circle to Search-Like Visual Lookup Functionality via Lens

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Chrome for Desktop Is Getting Circle to Search-Like Visual Lookup Functionality via Lens

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Chrome may be getting a new search feature that works similarly to ‘Circle to Search’ – the visual lookup tool powered by artificial intelligence (AI) which

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introduced in January, according to a report. The feature is said to be integrated into

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Lens and can be accessed via a beta version of

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Chrome on desktops and Chromebooks. Notably, Circle to Search was also recently introduced on iOS devices via a shortcut.

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Lens’ Drag to Search

According to a

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by 9to5Google,

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has introduced a new functionality, dubbed ‘drag to search’ on Chrome 127 and 128 beta versions for desktops and Chromebooks. It appears in the form of a

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Lens icon alongside the bookmarks option in the address bar.

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Visual Lookup in

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Lens on Chrome for Desktop

To activate this feature, users can simply click on the icon and a new window appears, stating that users can “search anything on this page with

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Lens”. Subsequently, a custom selection window pops up which can be dragged to search for anything on the web page. The feature’s user interface (UI) is similar to the one on the Android platform, with a shimmering appearance on the borders of the selection window.

According to

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, when a user accesses

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Lens’ new functionality, a screenshot of that page is sent to the company. Gadgets 360 staff members were able to verify the new drag-to-search functionality in

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Chrome 128 beta on Windows. Since it is only available in a beta version of the web browser, the feature is experimental.

This feature was first reportedly leaked by X (formerly

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) user @Leopeva64 via a series of posts in May. At the time, the user speculated to be an AI-powered lookup feature similar to Circle to Search and could improve upon the existing functionality of

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Lens.

Other New Features in Chrome

In recent months,

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has been said to be developing several new features for its web browser. A report suggested that

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Chrome on Android could soon read aloud web pages in the background, via a feature dubbed ‘Listen to this Page’. The web browser also added new actions and more features on both Android and iOS platforms in a bid to provide an improved search experience to users.

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