How to Use Google Lens For PC: A Complete Guide

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Some of the things you can do with Googlе Lеns include:

• Visually search for matching images and web pages
• Scan QR codes
• Translate text in images and real-time environments
• Identify products and places and get additional info
• Solve math problems by scanning questions
• Listen to text by OCR scanning images

While Google Lens for PC download isn’t available as a standalone desktop application, the functionality has been integrated into some Google services that do work on PCs. Here are the top methods to access Google Lens for PC.

Googlе Lеns capabilitiеs arе constructed into thе Googlе Chromе browsеr, allowing you to visually sеarch inside wеb pagеs and imagеs. Here are the steps for how to start Google Lens in PC:

• 1. Install Google Chrome if not already installed.
• 2. Type chrome://flags in the address bar and press Enter.
• 3. Search for “enable-lens-standalone.”
• 4. Change the dropdown value from Default to Enabled.
• 5. Relaunch Chrome.

Now Google Lens is enabled in your Chrome browser. To use it, follow those easy steps:

• Right-click on any image on a web page and pick “Search photo with Google Lens” from the context menu. This will scan the image and provide visually similar images and web pages.
• You can also select any part of a web page, right-click, select “Search image with Google Lens,” and then drag a selection box around the desired area to scan just that section for visual matches.

This makes Google Lens extremely useful for detecting objects, landmarks, text snippets, and more from the web pages you visit.

The Google Images search engine has an in-built Google Lens. To use it:

• 1. Go to images.google.com
• 2. Search for any keyword to view related images.
• 3. Open any image and click on the Google Lens icon below it.
• 4. Adjust and drag the selection box to isolate the specific area of the image you want to scan.
• 5. Google will provide visually similar images based on that selection.

Google will provide visually similar images based on that selection.

Google Photos website has limited Google Lens capabilities as well. It can scan text in your Google Photos library and even let you copy or translate it.

To use Google Lens for PC online, follow these steps:

• 1. Go to photos.google.com
• 2. Open any image with text.
• 3. If Google detects text, it will show a “Copy text from image” prompt.
• 4. Click it and then copy or translate the detected text snippet.

This method only works for text found in Google Photos media. For broader visual search, use the Chrome or Google Images method instead.

While Google Lens for PC is handy, it does have some limitations compared to the mobile app:

• No ability to take direct photos with a webcam for scanning.
• Limited to extracting text from images only on Google Photos website.
• No shopping features, homework help, math solving capabilities.
• Fewer features than the Google Lens mobile app.

So while the desktop experience isn't on par with mobile, having Google Lens for PC Windows 11 and 10 in Chrome and Google Images is still better than no visual search capabilities on your Windows PC!