Open either the Google app or Chrome browser on your iPhone. Tap the three-dot menu, scroll down and tap Search Screen with Google Lens. A pop up will explain to tap or highlight anything with Google Lens. Tap Continue. When you use Google Lens, a screenshot of the page you're viewing is sent to Google.

The AI-powered feature, which lets you quickly search for whatever's on your screen, is rolling out to iOS users this week.

You can now use a feature that's very similar to Android's "circle-to-search" on iPhone. While it's not exactly called that, both the Chrome app and the Google app will now allow you to circle text or images to search whatever's in your selection using Google Lens.

Google is rolling out a new Circle to Search-like feature for iPhone users that lets them highlight anything on their screen to quickly search for it. But it's still very limited. Google introduced Circle to Search on select premium Android smartphones in early 2024.