Now, thanks to Google Lens, iPhones are getting pretty close to that. Google has announced two big updates to its visual search tool, Google Lens, for iPhone users. The most important one is the fact that a new screen search feature is being introduced within both the Chrome and Google apps.

Google is rolling out new search gestures that allow iPhone users to highlight anything on their screen to quickly search for it. The Lens screen-searching feature is available on iOS in both the Google app and Chrome browser and provides a similar experience to Android’s Circle to Search, which isn’t supported on iPhones.

The AI-powered feature, which lets you quickly search for whatever's on your screen, is rolling out to iOS users this week.

Google expands 'Circle to Search' to its iOS apps, enhancing visual search for iPhone users. Google is expanding ‘Circle to Search’ to iPhones, allowing users to search for anything on their screens. Google isn’t calling it by that name, though, because you can use “whatever gesture comes naturally.”

Google has announced that it's bringing a new feature to iPhone that enables users to quickly search while browsing the web or watching videos.

Google unveiled a new "Search Screen with Google Lens" feature for iPhone that looks just like Circle to Search.

If you use Chrome or the Google app on your iPhone, you can now quickly search for information without taking a screenshot or opening a new tab. Instead of manually copying and pasting text or performing a separate search, Google Lens enables you to highlight, draw over, or tap on any part of your screen to initiate a search instantly.

Google is introducing two small but meaningful enhancements to its Lens technology. To start, Chrome and Google app users on iPhone can now draw, highlight or tap on text and images to carry out a visual search of what they see in front of them.

Google is rolling out new tricks for the Lens visual search feature within its Chrome and Google apps on iOS, allowing users to search for