When Samsung unveiled its flagship Galaxy S24 series earlier this month, one of the announcement that caught everybody’s attention was the Circle to Search feature. Google already confirmed this feature’s arrival in the surprise January Pixel Feature Drop update. Now, the search giant’s flagship Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro phones are getting the Circle to Search feature as confirmed by the company in an official blog post.
Pixel 8 phones get Circle to Search feature
Google says that Circle to Search on the Pixel 8 series is now rolling out. Multiple users on Reddit also confirmed that their Pixel 8 and 8 Pro units are receiving the new feature. Some also revealed that Google is not releasing any firmware update. The feature magically appears so it seems to be a server-side switch. Notably, it is also available in multiple regions.
It also appears that users won’t get any indication if Circle to Search is live on their Pixel 8 and 8 Pro units. One way to find this out is to long press on the home button or navigation bar on their devices. Users can simply start circling or highlighting, scribbling, or tapping the elements/items on the screen. This will throw up search results specific to what the user intends to search. Google also demonstrated in its blog post that Circle to Search can solve queries of items seen on social media to find out more about them. Another use case is easily comparing options of two restaurants by highlighting one of the names while texting and without having to leave the screen.
The Circle to Search feature makes the process of searching specific things in visual content seamless and convenient. It eliminates the need to take the image and screenshot over to the Google App. It’s also easier and better to use than Google Lens.
- The Google Tensor G3 is Pixel’s most powerful chip yet. It’s custom-designed with Google AI for cutting-edge photo and video features and smarter ways to help throughout the day. And it makes the Pixel 8 Pro super fast and efficient.
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