<s>
Google	B-General_Concept
Lens	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
image	O
recognition	O
technology	O
developed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
designed	O
to	O
bring	O
up	O
relevant	O
information	O
related	O
to	O
objects	O
it	O
identifies	O
using	O
visual	O
analysis	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
neural	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
announced	O
during	O
Google	B-Application
I/O	I-Application
2017	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
provided	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
app	O
,	O
later	O
being	O
integrated	O
into	O
Android	B-Application
's	O
standard	O
camera	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
directing	O
the	O
phone	O
's	O
camera	O
at	O
an	O
object	O
,	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Lens	I-General_Concept
will	O
attempt	O
to	O
identify	O
the	O
object	O
by	O
reading	O
barcodes	O
,	O
QR	O
codes	O
,	O
labels	O
and	O
text	O
,	O
and	O
show	O
relevant	O
search	O
results	O
,	O
web	B-Application
pages	O
,	O
and	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lens	O
is	O
also	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Photos	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
Assistant	I-Application
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
Goggles	I-Application
,	O
a	O
previous	O
app	O
that	O
functioned	O
similarly	O
but	O
with	O
less	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lens	O
uses	O
more	O
advanced	O
deep	B-Algorithm
learning	I-Algorithm
routines	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
empower	O
detection	O
capabilities	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
other	O
apps	O
like	O
Bixby	O
Vision	O
(	O
for	O
Samsung	B-Application
devices	O
released	O
after	O
2016	O
)	O
and	O
Image	O
Analysis	O
Toolset	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
IAT	O
(	O
available	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
)	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
Google	B-Application
I/O	I-Application
2019	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
four	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
will	O
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
also	O
calculate	O
tips	O
and	O
split	O
bills	O
,	O
show	O
how	O
to	O
prepare	O
dishes	O
from	O
a	O
recipe	O
and	O
can	O
use	O
text-to-speech	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
officially	O
launched	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Lens	I-General_Concept
on	O
October	O
4	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
with	O
app	O
previews	O
pre-installed	O
into	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Pixel	O
2.	O
,	O
not	O
yet	O
widely	O
available	O
for	O
other	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
feature	O
began	O
rolling	O
out	O
into	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Assistant	O
for	O
Pixel	O
and	O
Pixel	B-Device
2	I-Device
phones	O
A	O
preview	O
of	O
Lens	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
implemented	O
into	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Photos	O
app	O
for	O
Pixel	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
5	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
officially	O
released	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Lens	I-General_Concept
to	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
on	O
non-Pixel	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
Lens	O
in	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
was	O
made	O
on	O
March	O
15	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
in	O
May	O
2018	O
,	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Lens	I-General_Concept
was	O
made	O
available	O
within	O
Google	B-Application
Assistant	I-Application
on	O
OnePlus	O
devices	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
being	O
integrated	O
into	O
camera	O
apps	O
of	O
various	O
Android	B-Application
phones	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
standalone	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Lens	I-General_Concept
app	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
in	O
June	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
requires	O
Android	B-Application
Marshmallow	I-Application
(	O
6.0	O
)	O
or	O
newer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
10	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
rolled	O
out	O
the	O
Lens	O
visual	O
search	O
feature	O
to	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
app	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Lens	I-General_Concept
gradually	O
replaced	O
the	O
reverse	B-General_Concept
image	I-General_Concept
search	I-General_Concept
functionality	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Images	I-Application
,	O
first	O
by	O
replacing	O
it	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
and	O
later	O
by	O
making	O
it	O
officially	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
.	O
</s>
