Google Lens

4.7
2.72M reviews
1B+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Google Lens lets you search what you see, get things done faster, and understand the world around you—using just your camera or a photo.

SCAN & TRANSLATE TEXT
Translate words you see, save a business card to your contacts, add events to your calendar from a poster, and copy and paste complicated codes or long paragraphs into your phone to save time.

IDENTIFY PLANTS & ANIMALS
Find out what that plant is in your friend's apartment, or what kind of dog you saw in the park.

EXPLORE PLACES AROUND YOU
Identify and learn about landmarks, restaurants, and storefronts. See ratings, hours of operation, historical facts, and more.

FIND THE LOOK YOU LIKE
See an outfit that catches your eye? Or a chair that's perfect for your living room? Find similar clothes, furniture, and home decor to the one you like.

KNOW WHAT TO ORDER
See popular dishes on a restaurant menu based on reviews from Google Maps.

SCAN CODES
Quickly scan QR codes and barcodes.

*Limited availability and not available in all languages or regions. For further details go to g.co/help/lens. Some Lens features require an internet connection.
Updated on
Aug 5, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, Photos and videos and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.7
2.7M reviews
Steven Gates
October 20, 2025
Lens is a VERY useful app that I use nearly every day. I use it to capture text from images. Circle to search works for that as well, but is harder to use and also results in a string of words with no formatting. Lens preserves formatting. To grab a screen of text, press volume up and power at the same time. Then press the share icon and choose "Lens" - then simply highlight the text you want to capture. Besides the capture, a search of the text and results are presented. Great job Google!
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Kristina Talaga
January 7, 2025
This has helped me so many times trying to figure out what things were, but the real winner here is the translate option! I've never used it before until now! I recently bought something where the instructions were in another language. Pulled up Google Lens and was able to translate it. I actually started my screen recorder, and I clicked the "listen" open to have it read. Now when I go to put this together, I'll just play the screen recording and pause it whenever I need to!
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Sheldon “Bodryn” Bodryn
October 4, 2025
This is a very nice way to search online for unusual items that you can't name, or forget what they're called. Just place the item by itself with a plain background and capture it with lens, just like you were taking a smartphone photo. Then wait a moment and let it search. I'm having FUN! It's very addictive and it's really helping me find similar items to whatever I point at, whether in a catalog or in person. Also superb for price comparison. But I need to find more Dollar stores around
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What’s new

Lens now analyzes camera motion for more accurate results.