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# Chrome: Unlock Google Lens for Smarter Browsing
- URL: https://www.jeffsu.org/newsletter-176/
- Published: 2024-09-05T13:00:05.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-05T12:49:48.000Z
- Description: #176
- Author: Jeff
- Tags: #newsletter, Chrome

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Hi friends – I’ve been testing out the new **Google Lens**, and while it could use some improvements, it’s definitely helpful in certain situations.

Let’s dive in!

## What is it?

Google Lens basically allows us to search for information on any visible content—images, text, or videos—directly from within Google Chrome.

**Here are the 3 ways you can access Google Lens:**

1. On most websites, simply click into the address bar (or what Google likes to call the “Chrome Omnibox”) and the Google Lens button should appear.

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1. Click the 3 dots on the top right corner > Search with Google Lens

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1. Simply right click on any image within Chrome > Search with Google Lens

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## Pro tips

- After performing your first search with Google Lens, look for the Google Lens icon that will appear to the right of your Chrome extensions > Right click > Pin
- If you haven’t updated to the latest version of Chrome (or simply choose not to), head on over to “[https://chrome](https://chrome/?ref=jeffsu.org)://flags” > Search for “Lens Overlay” > Enable the flag > Relaunch

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## Use cases

Although you can use Google Lens to search text, I found the results to be a bit underwhelming so far (it’s much faster to just bring up a new tab and search…Google).

That being said, Google Lens is great when I want to identify an image (or part of an image) that I can't accurately describe in a search query.

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Try it out and let me know what you think in the comments!

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