Google Lens
Translate words, identify plants, find products, & more—using just your camera
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4.69
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Accurate identification of well-known items
- Helpful for translating text in different languages
- User-friendly and versatile for searching various objects
- Saves time and provides valuable insights into items
- Great tool for identifying vintage or rare items
Cons
- Inconsistent accuracy with some searches
- Issues with SafeSearch settings causing unnecessary restrictions
- Frequent prompts to review the app can be annoying
- Recent updates have caused functionality issues for some users
- Photographic quality affects results negatively
Most mentioned
- Translation feature is highly appreciated
- Identification capabilities are often praised
- Bug issues related to app updates and searching errors
- Inconsistent results when searching for specific items or barcodes
- Frequent app rating prompts are irritating
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| Date | Author | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-25 |  | | Identifies well known things immediately and accurately. A few times when I've tried having it identify something random and/or rare it hasn't been right and if it does get it it's only after a few tries. But that's only when I'm going out of my way to try to stump it so that's not a fair review. Normally its 100% accurate in seconds... |
| 2025-01-12 |  | | This thing is bugged. I tried photos to search and it said block because of search filter. Even though it was explicit. I double check the safes search filter. And it wasn't even on. So I closed everything out try to research it again. Didn't work. So it saying safe search is on but it ain't. I'm on no network. I'm grown and own the phone. So no parental controls are own. (You don't have permission to change your SafeSearch setting. It's locked by safety settings applied to this browser) |
| 2025-01-10 |  | | I love the ability to search anything by picture. Iv'e used it more than a dozen times and if it didn't take me to the same or related image it gave me a solid lead to search. I haven't used any other image search apps to compare it to so a five star is based on how it has been useful.The app also offers identification scanner. It keeps your photos in a gallery. It will even search the internet for items similar to your photos. |
| 2025-01-07 |  | | 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! |
| 2025-01-02 |  | | When it 1st launched it was great! Now even when specific it often ignores the query search and shows irrelavent results! Say I am looking for a rose pintuck blouse~Lens shows me other items and colors totally unrelated to the photo or wording! Waste of time and very irritating as I feel it is all about advertising and not what the person requests in words and screenshot image!!!! Renders it almost useless especially since it was great in the beginning!!!!!!!!!! |
| 2025-01-02 |  | | I just expected it tobe I camera it has kind of features it has kinda light/dark contrast for all pictures and of you use your pictures to research if finds the best value involved. Google lens is the way to go if you are looking at something old hard to see their features.. even in light because the camera does wonders to the result pictures. Have a good day. |
| 2024-12-27 |  | | Great tool for identifying vintage anything, old glassware, unknown plants, anything you see or have Google lens will pull it or a similar item up. It let's you see prices, other sellers prices & where to get more. If you have a ? about something try it out. It may or may not fund it. It takes only seconds to find out. Highly recommend. |
| 2024-12-20 |  | | Years ago I found this brass item and always wondered what it was and what it was used for. This was before computers like today's. After going thru some boxes of possessions I rediscovered it. I saw the Google Lens app and on the first try found similar items and the years long mystery of what it is was solved in seconds. Great app. Great results. |
| 2024-12-20 |  | | Lens is a VERY useful app that I use every single day. Circle to search works too, but that results in text with total formatting loss. No paragraphs - just a long string of words, so I never use that function. To grab a screen of text (on my Pixel) I press volume up and power at the same time. Then I press the share icon and choose "Lens." Voila! Even if the source is in multiple languages it flawless translates it all. Great job Google! |
| 2024-12-15 |  | | Best app ever. I use it to search anything. To identify almost anything. Coins, flowers, rocks, cars, buildings, products in store or online. Even the prices of items plus where to find them and it gives info on things you lens. You can translate languages or have it read aloud the text on screen. It will do your homework. I even us it to bust scammers on FB. It's not as easy to use with Reddit as you have to download the pic. Just improve facial rec on normal people and it be near perfect. |
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