Open either the Google app or Chrome browser on your iPhone. Tap the three-dot menu, scroll down and tap Search Screen with Google Lens. A pop up will explain to tap or highlight anything with Google Lens. Tap Continue. When you use Google Lens, a screenshot of the page you're viewing is sent to Google.

Google is introducing a new Lens update that allows users to search what's on their screen with a simple gesture.

Starting this week, iOS users globally will be able to access 'Search Screen with Google Lens' via the three-dot menu on both the Google app and Chrome, essentially eliminating the need for screenshots when attempting to analyze on-screen context via Google Lens.

Google Chrome and the Google app for iOS are getting a new visual lookup feature. Announced on Wednesday, the new feature uses Google Lens to let users run visual queries on whatever is visible on the screen.

Two meaningful updates are added to Google Lens on iOS, enabling users to search for anything they see while using Chrome or the Google app.

Google is introducing two small but meaningful enhancements to its Lens technology. To start, Chrome and Google app users on iPhone can now draw, highlight or tap on text and images to carry out a visual search of what they see in front of them.

The feature appears to be a limited version of Android's Circle to Search, contained within a few apps. Will it convince some Apple lovers to jump ship, or at least ditch Safari?