How to use Google Lens to identify objects on your Pixel smartphone.
Got a Google Pixel smartphone? The artificially-intelligent Google Assistant on board now has eyes, and it can recognize objects and landmarks. The feature is called Google Lens, and it was first introduced back in May at Google I/O , the company’s developer conference. It’s similar to Samsung’s Bixby Vision on the Galaxy S8 — Google Lens visually analyzes what’s in front of you via the camera on your phone. Know more about Google lens Google Lens is currently an exclusive Pixel feature, so you can only use it on a Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, or Pixel 2 XL. It originally was only available to use on photographed objects in the Google Photos app, but it’s now directly available in Google Assistant. That makes it much more useful, because you don’t have to take a picture of an object, open the Photos app, and click on the Lens logo to get information. So how do you activate it? Open Google Assistant by pressing and holding down the home button. You should see a camera logo on the...