"Circle to Search is a way to quickly pull up information about anything on your Android phone's screen. Just long-press the home button and then circle, scribble or tap whatever you want to look up. If you're scrolling through Instagram and see a vacation spot you'd like to identify, a pair of shoes you want to buy or a word you want to look up, just draw around it and Google will pull up a list of relevant Search results."
"Apple's Visual Intelligence feature has some similarities to Circle to Search; it uses Apple Intelligence to identify what's around you and whatever you snap a picture of. A new functionality arriving with iOS 26 will allow the tool to work with screenshots, so you can ask ChatGPT about what's on your screen, add an event to your calendar or search for a product."
"I've used Circle to Search for a variety of tasks, from figuring out where to buy tea sets to identifying a song to looking up the breed of cute cats. (Clearly, the use cases are diverse.) It's a seamless way of finding relevant links and information about anything that piques your curiosity, without struggling to describe it in a traditional Google search -- especially when you don't know the name of what you're searching."
Circle to Search enables rapid, on-screen information lookup by long-pressing the home button and circling, scribbling, or tapping items, and can use the camera to identify objects. The tool now includes continuous text translation while scrolling across apps. Visual Intelligence on iPhone identifies surroundings and photos and will gain screenshot-based interactions in iOS 26 for ChatGPT queries, calendar events, or product searches. Visual Intelligence is limited to iPhone 15 Pro models and later, while Circle to Search runs on a wider range of Android phones. The feature simplifies finding links and facts when specific names are unknown.
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