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It made its debut on theSamsung Galaxy S24andGoogle Pixel 8, before expanding its reach to other devices.

The feature has also been pushed out tothe Samsung Galaxy S21, launched three years ago.

Circle to Search news at Google I/O 2024

Google is going big on Circle to Search

Circle to what?

What makes it so useful is it works on any screen in any app.

This makes the screen ‘active’ and ready for your selection.

The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra with S Pen drawn, demonstrating Circle to Search

Just circle to search

You’re then able to circle anything on screen to run a search on it, hence the name.

In fact, you might also scribble over something.

The AI part is identifying what’s on screen and using it as the basis of a search.

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