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Opening Goggles and searching with pictures

You use Goggles to take a picture and search the web for information about it. You can also use Goggles to learn about nearby businesses and other local features.

To open Goggles

STouch the Goggles icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen. The first time you open Goggles, you’re asked to accept the Google mobile terms of service. Then a series of screens introduces you to Goggle’s features, with illustrations and a short video.

After the tutorial, you’re asked whether you want to enable Google Goggles search history, along with a link that explains what the history stores.

To search with pictures

Goggles works better with some kinds of searches than others. Try taking pictures of books and DVDs, landmarks, logos, contact info, artwork, businesses, products, barcodes, or text. Currently, it’s not so good at recognizing animals, plants, cars, furniture, or apparel.

1Open Goggles.

2Frame the object you want to search for in the viewer. Or touch

the crop tool to isolate the portion of the view you want to search for.

For best results, turn the phone sideways so the shutter button is to the right, and fill the screen with as much of the search image as possible.

3Touch the on-screen shutter button .

If Goggles is confident about identifying the subject of your picture, a screen opens with search results. You can touch a result to read more, rate the effectiveness of the search results, view or share your image, and so on.

If Goggles can’t recognize the image, a screen opens where you can try a text search instead, or view a selection of images that Goggles thinks are similar to yours.

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