How to do reverse image search on android

Depending on which mobile browser you use, it might not be immediately obvious how to do a reverse image search from your mobile device. The most simple solution we've come up with is to download and use Google's free Chrome browser for iOS or Android. This particular browser has a quick and easy built-in method for carrying out reverse image searches.

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Reverse image searching 101
Reverse image searching on a mobile device
How do I do a reverse image search on my phone?
Can you Google reverse image on phone?
How do I reverse image search on my phone 2022?
How do I search Google using a picture?

We're taking a look at how you can do this in this simple explainer.

Reverse image searching 101

Google's "Search by Image" functionality is a useful feature that carries out a reverse image search, allowing you to look for related images by uploading an image or an image URL. This is done by using advanced algorithms to analyze the image you've submitted and find others that look like it.

On a desktop, computer reverse image search is simple. Just go to images.google.com and click on the little camera icon in the search bar.

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Now you can either paste in the URL for an image you've seen online, upload an image from your hard drive, or drag an image into the search box.

Reverse image searching on a mobile device

If you want to carry out reverse image searches on your iOS or Android phone or tablet, you need to download Google's Chrome browser for iOS or Android.

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The browser is available for free from Apple's App Store and Google Play.

Now, when you're on your phone using the Chrome browser app and you find an image you'd like to look up, you simply need to press and hold on the image.

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In the menu that will appear on your screen after you've done the long press, simply tap "Search Google for This Image" and Google will carry out its clever "Search by Image" functionality.

This post was originally published in Sept. 2021 and was updated in July 2022.

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A decade later, reverse image searching finally comes to Android courtesy of Google Lens

Reverse image searching is awfully straight-forward on the web version of Google. You just head over to Google Images, tap the little camera icon, and upload whatever image you want to search for. On mobile, Google Lens' Visual matches section serves the role of reverse image searching, but some people just prefer the straightforward, old-fashioned experience. Luckily, Google Lens is coming up to you in this regard too now.

As spotted by 9to5Google, Google Lens is gaining an option to carry a reverse image search from Lens to Google Images on a whim. If you're in on the rollout, you should see the option when analyzing a picture on Google Lens. It's hidden in a new floating button in the bottom right corner of your screen. It's a globe with a magnifying glass, and if you tap on it, a browser instance of Google Images will be fired up with results for your query and your image.

Previously, if you wanted to use the reverse image search feature in Google Images, you needed to either load the desktop version of the website or use a third-party solution. Of course, you have Lens for that purpose, but it can be hit-or-miss with some images, and this is probably the closest we've gotten to being able to reverse search photos directly on Google Images — even as Google has been seemingly looking to bury that classic experience on desktops.

This is also not the first time we're seeing this new shortcut on Lens. When Google Chrome first rolled out its "Search image with Google Lens" sidebar, it had a prominent button to "Find image source" above search results. This button is just being extended into the mobile version.

This new option is being rolled out to users now. It might take some time for it to reach your device, though — we're not seeing it on our own phones yet. Make sure your Google app, which houses the Lens functionality, is fully updated. The Google Lens app you can download from the Play Store is just a shortcut to the relevant section of the Google app for your launcher.

How do I do a reverse image search on my phone?

How to reverse image search on Android.

Search for the image you want to use in the reverse image search. ... .

Tap the Google Lens icon. ... .

Tap “Search Google with Google Lens.” ... .

Swipe up to reveal the full results. ... .

Tap the Google Lens icon on the right. ... .

You can take a photo of the image or select it from your gallery..

Can you Google reverse image on phone?

On Safari, tap the upward-facing arrow to get the request desktop site option. The Chrome browser app for iOS and Android also supports a reverse-image search workaround. When you have the image you want to search, hold your finger on it until a pop-up menu appears; pick “Search Google for This Image” at the bottom.

How do I reverse image search on my phone 2022?

Step 1: Visit images.google.com from your Android device. Step 2: Search for an image and tap on the required image from the search results. Step 3: Tap on the Google lens icon on the top right corner of the image. That's it!