Google Lens Gets New Features Including Cross-device Copy Paste
Google’s smart camera-based app,Google Lens, is already a fairlyuseful app to have. It can identify objects in the real world, scan business cards to contacts, and copy text from the real world to your phone. Today, Google is adding new features to Google Lens that make it even more useful.
First up, Google Lens nowsupports cross-device copy and paste.This means that you can just point your phone towards any text, and copy it. Then you canpaste it on any device that has a signed-in Chrome browser installed. This will make it so much easier to copy text between devices — it’s something iOS and macOS can do natively, and it’s definitely going to prove handy.
Then there’s the new ‘Listen’ feature. With this, you can quickly learn how to pronounce words. All you need to do isscan a word with Google Lens and tap on the new ‘Listen’ button that shows up.This can also be used to ask for directions to places in countries where you don’t know how to pronounce the names of places. Simply take a screenshot of the name, scan it with Lens and tap on ‘Listen’ to play it for a native speaker.
There’s also anin-line word search functionality that’s coming to Google Lens.This is similar to how Google Now on Tap used to work before it was killed off by Google and it definitely comes in handy when you need to make a quick Google search for a particular phrase or concept.
The newupdates are making their way to Google Lens on Android and iOSwith the exception of the Listen feature which is currently limited to Android phones. The company is expected to bring the feature to iOS with an update somewhere down the line.
Akshay Gangwar
Greetings, tech titans and fellow literary time-travelers! I’m Akshay, your tech-whisperer and Harry Potter’s number one stalker – seriously, don’t ask me how many times I’ve read those books; it’s borderline unhealthy.
Working in the tech journalism industry since 2016, I have 7 years of experience covering everything from technology news, to well-researched resource articles. Now the Content Strategist at Beebom, I often pen down op-eds for our website, sharing expert commentary on the latest in technology, AI, and electric cars.
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