Google Chrome may gain functionality similar to Android’s ‘Search Circle’

Google Chrome will soon get a tool similar to Circle to SearchIt was launched on Samsung Galaxy S24 phones in January. The feature, which allows you to search by circling people and objects on the screen, is being tested in the browser version for PCs.

User @Leopeva64 shared details of the new feature she discovered in a post on X/Twitter on Tuesday (7). Functionality will be integrated with Google LensIt already allows you to perform text and image searches on the desktop using the browser.

(1/3) The new Lens UI in Chrome now has an animation similar to what you see when you enable Android’s “Search Circle” feature (in case there was any doubt that this feature will be Chrome’s “Search Circle” version): https://t.co/XQGSzmicpt pic.twitter.com/NSXoILdoRT

— Leopeva64 (@Leopeva64) May 7, 2024

According to the expert, when Lens is opened in Chrome, a new animation similar to the one seen in Android’s Circle to Search feature appears. By clicking on this the user You can enlarge and drag the items you want to search by “circling” them across the screen..

It should be noted that the function still doesn’t let you draw circles or drawings on objects and people like on mobile phonesinstead a rectangular checkbox appears. But the mechanism is the same, including opening a bar on the right with search results for the selected item.

When will it be available in the stable version of Chrome?

This new search method in Chrome, which makes searching for a specific object, person, or piece of text much easier and faster, is currently limited to the test version of the Google browser. There is no deadline set yet for the availability of the software in its stable version.

However, due to the speed at which artificial intelligence-based features are integrated into the browser, it is possible that it will not take long for the Circular to Search function to be launched for everyone. As highlighted by SamMobilenew feature will probably be added Chrome for Windows, Linux, macOS and ChromeOSvia update.

While we don’t know when the tool will arrive on PCs, it is already available on iPhones and maybe Triggered by action button on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. On other versions of the smartphone, it is necessary to activate it using the “Tap Back” gesture function.