Here’s the right way to use Circle to Search on your Android phone
Checking out Circle to Search, the new way to instantly look up whatever you see on your phone's screen.
Google Search's AI capabilities are now more accessible than ever. (Image: Zohaib Ahmed/The Indian Express)
One of the most underappreciated features on Google’s Pixels, in my opinion, has been the “Select” tool that lets you grab text and images straight from recent apps to quickly look stuff up or share. I expected Select to spread to other Android phones when it launched, but nope. And I miss having it on my Galaxy S24.
That’s finally changing with the arrival of Circle to Search – a fresh way to look stuff up on your phone that also offers good old text selection. The idea behind this feature is simple: no more screenshotting random stuff just to search or share it. The obvious use case here is shopping, but it goes way beyond that. You can ID plants and animals, define words, get context on anything you see…you get the picture.