How to use Circle to Search to search from images in Android 15

This section explains how to use Circle to Search in Android 15. This is a step-by-step guide with pictures of the screens to help.  

1. Circle to Search might not be enabled on your smartphone by default. If it isn’t, open the Settings  then tap Display and touch.

2. Tap on Navigation mode, and then scroll down and tap the switch next to Circle to Search to turn the feature on.

3. To use Circle to Search in an app or in your browser, press and hold the Navigation Bar at the bottom of the screen, or on the round Home button if you use three-button navigation controls.

4. The screen will darken, and you can use your finger to draw a circle around the object that you want to search for.

5. Release your finger, and the Google app will use AI to identify the subject and return with search results.

6. With some subjects you may get different types of search result. Here we’ve circled to search for information on this lawnmower.

7. The Google app returns with different types of result in a window. Pull up on the Navigation Bar at the top of the window, then use the All, Products, Visual Matches and About this image tabs to view different pages of results, or scroll up and down in the window to see more.