Julie Clover
Google today announced several new features for the Chrome browser available on iPhone and iPad, with new additions aimed at giving users more intuitive ways to find information and get things done.
Google Lens now supports searching both images and text, rather than just images. Users can add words to their visual search to refine results and perform more complex searches.
Google Drive and Google Photos users can now save content from the web directly to those services from Chrome, freeing up space on their device. To save a file to Google Drive from Chrome, tap the Google Drive option. Saving an image to Photos from Chrome by long-pressing on an image and selecting “Save to Google Photos.”
For users in the U.S., Chrome on iOS is getting Shopping Insights, which is designed to help users find better deals. If Chrome has Shopping Insights for a product a user is searching for, a “Good deal now” notification will appear in the address bar. To use the feature, users must sign in to Chrome and turn on “Improve search & browsing.”
When viewing an address map in Chrome, users will soon be able to tap on an underlined address to see a more detailed mini-map of the location right in the browser, without having to switch to Google Maps. Google says it is experimenting with the feature and will roll it out globally in the coming months.
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