With Google lens “Search” and how we access information is about to get a whole lot easier. During Google’s annual developer conference (I/O), CEO Sundar Pichai announced Lens as a product that will change the dynamics of search.

What is Google Lens?

Let’s say you head down towards a local restaurant and want to know its ratings and menu. Would you as a user prefer to type the name of the restaurant? Wouldn’t you rather aim your camera at the restaurant and let the app do the hard work. And lens won’t just recognize which restaurant it is, it’ll also showcase Google’s restaurant ratings and other relevant info (“hours” and “menu”) right there on the screen.

What lens aims to do is bring together Google’s Computer vision and AI to provide users with smart answers.

So that you as a user are able to get quick on the spot information that is both relevant and smart.

Google Lens perfectly encapsulates Google’s shift towards being an ”AI first” company. Lens will enable you to access the internet in a new way: Through your camera.

AI that uses computer vision has existed in the technology space for quite some time now. What sets “Google lens” apart? It is its ability to go beyond what companies have attempted before.