Google Upgrades Google Lens with New Video Search and Voice Input
TapTechNews October 4th news, Google yesterday (October 3rd) posted a blog announcing the upgrade of its Google Lens service. On the basis of the existing photo-taking and picture-searching, it now supports video-searching and voice input, unlocking new ways of asking questions in the AI era.
Introduction to Google Lens
Google Lens is an image recognition technology developed by Google, aiming to provide relevant information by recognizing objects in images. This technology can help users better understand the world around them and is very easy to use.
Showing achievements
Google first showed the achievements of Google Lens in the blog, stating that the global monthly visual search count is approaching 20 billion times, helping people search for what they see through cameras or screens.
Among them, young users (aged 18-24) have the highest usage frequency. The new function enables users to search the world around them more easily.
Unlocking new ways
Google Lens, on the basis of the existing picture-searching, has added new video-searching and voice input methods:
Video understanding ability: Users can record a video and ask questions, and Lens will generate an AI overview combined with the video content and questions to provide relevant information.
Voice question function: After using Lens to take a picture, users can ask questions by voice, and currently supports English queries.
Enhancing application scenarios
Google in the blog also previewed the daily impact of the AI function on users, helping users explore and discover more extensive results on the Internet. TapTechNews attaches the relevant information as follows:
Update of shopping function: Lens now provides a more useful shopping results page, showing key materials, reviews and price information of products to help users shop instantly.
Song recognition function: Users can quickly search for the songs they hear on social media videos, movies or websites. The new CircletoSearch function has been extended to more than 150 million Android devices.
AI organizing search results: Google has launched a search results page organized based on AI, allowing users to explore related content more conveniently and improving the search experience.