Voice Search on Google Lens – Google starts rolling out a voice feature in the lens
Google Lens is among the most used features of the Google app and now is equipped with a more sophisticated and most awaited feature – Voice search on the Google Lens. Though started rolling this feature in early July, it gained attraction and traction recently after Android expert Mishaal Rahman posted about it on the X (formerly Twitter).
Google’s powerful image recognition tool, Google Lens started rolling out its latest update. According to tech experts, if this feature works properly, it could be a transformative feature in the industry of image search. You can get any intricate information about an image without even typing; just speak up about what’s on your mind about that image.
How to use Voice Search on Google Lens
Users with the latest Google app can take benefit of the voice search feature on the Google Lens. However, this feature is still rolling out and may not be available on every Android device. But you must make sure to update the Google app with the latest update.
To use the voice search feature, search any image using Google Lens. Unlike typical operations, it starts showing an animated and glowing button at the center and asks you to ask anything about the image. Alternatively, instead of clicking an image or uploading an image, you can hold the center button and record an image or video. Now, ask anything about the image and it will back with a certain answer.
To get a more detailed idea about how the voice search works on Google Lens, Mishaal Rahman shared a video on the social media platform X. I am embedding the video below that lets you understand more clearly its functioning.
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From the above-shared video, you can easily analyze how useful this feature could be an individuals and students. With more advanced features and accuracy, it can easily detect how many items are there, identify the colors, provide you with details about any unknown things, etc. This is why most tech experts referring it as a transformative feature for the search industry.
It should be noted that this feature has not been officially launched by Google and neither make any announcements like this. However, this feature is surely to come with the Google app as it already started rolling out to a few users.
This feature could be a small part of a big announcement from Google – In the future, you may capture dynamic videos and ask questions to Google Lens and get quick answers. You simply have to use your voice and ask anything that is on your mind rather than merely looking for an answer to an image. We believe that searching via voice is just the starting of more powerful features by Google.
How Accurate Voice Search on Google Lens
While voice search is still under development, we cannot anticipate how accurate it will be. However, as you saw in the embedded video, it accurately counts the number of blueberries on the plate. With more developments, we can imagine the accuracy level of the Google Lens voice search feature. If you want to use this feature, we recommend updating your Google app and activating the search generative experiment.
Users who get the update on their Android can test the features of their own. According to an article published on Tech Radar, they have tried this feature for various queries, and most of the time, Lens correctly answers the question. For example, it precisely detects the food pico de gallo while it fails to answer how many buttons in an image of a PS5 controller. However, these errors can be ignored as it is still under development and will launch in its best form.
One interesting fact about the voice search feature is its use of AI overviews. In his tweet, Rahman also states that Voice search uses Gemini inside the AI overviews to answer your asked questions on Google Lens. When you speak up about any image on the Lens, it redirects the answer to the AI-powered search engine which is still in the experiment mode. Whatever it would be, this feature is going to be very beneficial for the users in their daily activities.
Our Take
Undoubtedly, the upcoming voice search on Google Lens is going to be a killer update for Google app users. However, any precipitance should be ignored before we make any judgment about this feature. Meanwhile, we recommended updating your Google app and sharing your early views with us about its accuracy and other features.
