While you can search using a typed description, this approach doesn't work for every object. Here's where Google Lens comes into play. It is a Google search engine behind your phone camera. It recognizes any object your device captures in real time,

Lens also demonstrated how Google planned to use its machine learning and AI tools to ensure its search engine shows up on every possible surface. As Google increasingly uses its foundational generative AI models to generate summaries of information in response to text searches,

The latest update supports queries about images or video clips and includes upgrades to Lens’ popular shopping features.