A star feature of Samsung’s S24 Ultra, “Circle to search” comes to the iPhone in a similar way through a screenshot
One of the new features of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra that attracted attention at its presentation at the beginning of the year was the function “Surround to search”. By working on this with Google it was almost a fact that it would reach its Pixels to have the same benefits. And was it going to happen on iPhone? Let’s remember that the Google environment is also present in iOS with its apps. Casually, This function will be present on any iPhone although with a different method. A circle will not be made to search but rather a screenshot that will be processed through Google Lens.
What’s the difference between Google Lens and Circle to Search?
The gesture of circling text or image is something simple to do.. It is something that is present in the Google operating system at long press on the gesture bar or via the home button. The search and character recognition technology is the same but in the case of “Circle to Search” it is arguably more elegant rather than a simple tap.
Now the Google app is capable of doing a smart search through the action button of the iPhone 15 Pro in the new update. The screenshot will be sent to Google Lens for analysis. If you don’t have an iPhone 15 Pro but want to do a quick gesture, on other iPhones you can do a Back Tap gesture by setting it up through accessibility (via 9to5Google). First you must create a shortcut in which the first step is Take screenshot and the next step Search image with Lens having the app downloaded from Google.
- Go to Settings –> Accessibility –> Touch
- Scroll and tap Tap back
- Select a double or triple tap depending on your preferences
- Scroll back to Shortcuts and choose a shortcut
- Tap the Back Tap to secure the settings
- Now you can perform this gesture
How about? This may be an interesting feature if you constantly perform Google searches for websites you visit. or when you receive information via email or instant messaging and you don’t know some details. If you have thought about which device is better between the S24 Ultra and the iPhone 15 Pro Max, here we leave you this great comparison.