Google Lens on desktops might come as part of Google Search

Announced almost four years ago, Lens is one of Google’s silent workers that power many of the features mobile users might be taking for granted these days. It powers both Google Photos’ and Google Assistant’s image recognition functionality, but Lens also has its own separate app on mobile. It doesn’t have much of an existence outside smartphones, however, but that might soon change as Google works to integrate Lens functionality right inside Search results, at least in Chrome for the desktop.

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