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Google Lens adds a homework mode to help kids solve math problems

Google Lens adds a homework mode to help kids solve math problems

August 11, 2020
Going back to school has taken on a new meaning thanks to this year's global COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of attending school, many students around the globe will take their education virtual. To help, Google is introducing new tools to help students at home, including a new Education mode in Google Lens. According to Google, when students...
Gboard image pasting is now live, Lens replaces Google Search

Gboard image pasting is now live, Lens replaces Google Search

July 27, 2020
Earlier this year, we discovered in an APK teardown that Google was preparing to add image pasting to Gboard. This allows you to copy and image and paste it from your Gboard clipboard. That feature finally appears to be rolling out along with Google Lens integration. As you probably know, Gboard currently allows you to copy...
Google Assistant extends camera-based translation to KaiOS feature phones

Google Assistant extends camera-based translation to KaiOS feature phones

July 21, 2020
At Google I/O 2019, the company introduced a new feature in Google Lens to help users instantly translate text just by pointing their smartphone's camera at it. The feature included support for over 100 languages and greatly simplified translation for users. The feature was then added to Google Go later in the year, allowing users...
Gboard prepares a Google Lens shortcut, dark/light themes that follow system, and Google Assistant dictation support

Gboard prepares a Google Lens shortcut, dark/light themes that follow system, and Google Assistant dictation support

July 10, 2020
Google's Gboard is among the most popular keyboard apps and is constantly updated with new features. Recently, Google added support for Android 11's emojis on Gboard, just a week after activating Smart Compose predictions messaging apps. Now, Google is preparing to add a Google Lens shortcut, Google Assistant dictation, and support for automatic switching between...
Google Shopping tests a Google Lens shortcut and prepares for AR item previews and dark mode

Google Shopping tests a Google Lens shortcut and prepares for AR item previews and dark mode

June 19, 2020
Google Play Services for AR (formerly known as ARCore) is the company's platform for augmented reality experiences. There are a lot of fun things you can do with AR, but one of the most practical uses is seeing objects in your physical space. Google Shopping may be preparing such a feature along with a dark...
Google Lens tests a new Education mode for solving math problems and a new Places mode to look up buildings

Google Lens tests a new Education mode for solving math problems and a new Places mode to look up buildings

May 13, 2020
Earlier this year in March, an APK teardown of the Google App v11.3.7.29 revealed two unreleased features — Offline Translations and an Education Mode for Google Lens. At the time, we managed to briefly surface the Education mode and learned that the mode would allow users to solve math problems by pointing the camera at...
Google Lens can now copy text from your phone to computer, pronounce words, and more

Google Lens can now copy text from your phone to computer, pronounce words, and more

May 7, 2020
Google Lens is one of the company's products that has improved impressively since launch. Lens seems to be constantly getting new features and abilities. Today, Google showed off several additions to Lens that should make it an even more powerful tool. First up is a feature that will be very welcomed to anyone who works with...
OnePlus Gallery 3.11.2 adds a Google Lens shortcut to analyze images

OnePlus Gallery 3.11.2 adds a Google Lens shortcut to analyze images

April 30, 2020
OnePlus' OxygenOS software offers a pretty decent set of first-party applications out of the box. While we're huge fans of Google Photos for its cloud backup and album organization features, the OnePlus Gallery in OxygenOS is more than suitable as an offline gallery app. It provides you with easy access to your locally downloaded media...
Google Lens tests a new “Education” mode for homework help and prepares to add offline translation support

Google Lens tests a new “Education” mode for homework help and prepares to add offline translation support

March 30, 2020
Google Lens is Google's image recognition service that delivers information from Google search based on whatever you're pointing your camera at. Last May, Google redesigned the Android version of the service by splitting the UI into 5 different scanning modes: Translate, Text, Search, Shopping, and Dining. In version 11.3.7.29 of the Google App, the app...
Google Maps gets integrated menu scanning from Google Lens

Google Maps gets integrated menu scanning from Google Lens

March 9, 2020
Last year, at Google I/O 2019, the company announced a new menu scanning feature for Google Lens. Users can open Lens and scan physical menus at restaurants to get additional information, such as highlighting popular dishes. This same feature is now being integrated into the Google Maps app. Google Maps is a great tool for finding...
[Update 2: Available in Stable] Google adds Google Lens as a reverse image search option in Chrome

[Update 2: Available in Stable] Google adds Google Lens as a reverse image search option in Chrome

November 19, 2019
What used to only be a tool for Internet sleuths is now fairly mainstream thanks to services like Google Lens. Reverse image searching, or searching the web for the source of an image, is fairly easy to do on Google Images, but Google Lens takes things a step further by letting you isolate parts of...
Google Camera on the Pixel 4 can offer to Scan Documents, Translate, and Copy Text

Google Camera on the Pixel 4 can offer to Scan Documents, Translate, and Copy Text

November 10, 2019
When Google announced the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL last month, there were a lot of new features that the company chose not to mention at the Made by Google event. New features like Screen Attention, Pixel Themes, car crash detection, and more were never announced but can be found on the latest Pixel...