For example, the picture below not only shows the image results, but also allows you to call or use directions to the place (in case it’s a famous location). The best part about this integration is that it does a lot more than look for similar images. Once you do that, Google Lens will scan the picture and show you the search results in the pop-up tab. Tap on the Google Lens icon from the image options at the bottom.Ģ.
Launch Google Photos and open the picture you wish to reverse search. Here’s how you can reverse image search with Google Lens integration in Google Photos.ġ. Moreover, the search results are the same so it doesn’t matter which app you are using. This method can be applied to both Google Photos and Google Search app. If you compare the native Photos app with Google Photos, you’ll find tons of additional features and reverse image search is one of them. You can tap on the result type such as Video, Image, Maps, News, etc. This Google Image result will be similar to what we saw in the previous method. Tap and hold the image to see options and select Search Google for This Image.Ģ. Open Chrome and visit any webpage of your choice that contains the image you want to trace back. So, let’s see how the Search Google for This Image option works.ġ. The Search Google for This Image option works on most webpages and eliminates the need to take a screenshot and then using the desktop version method. If you’re browsing the web and stumble upon an image you wish to reverse search, Chrome has a native search option. Select Request Desktop Site and follow the same steps to reverse image search as we did in Safari. Simply open Google Chrome and tap on the share button (upward arrow) on the top right corner. The process is exactly same for Google Chrome as well. Hence the search results must be viewed in the desktop version only.ĥ. Do remember that if you switch back to the mobile version, the page will refresh automatically. In addition, you can also scroll to see web page results. That’s it, you’ll be shown the related image results in no time. Now tap on Choose at the bottom to select and upload the picture. Once you select a photo, it’ll open in the full-screen preview mode. Tap on Photo Library to open the Photos app and choose a photo to upload it.Ĥ.
You can choose between uploading the image from the Photo Library, Take a Photo, or Browse the recent images as well. In our case, we will upload a picture from the local storage. If you wish to identify where an image appears on the web, use the URL option. You’ll get two options – you can either paste an image URL or Upload an image from your iPhone. On the desktop version, tap on the camera icon in the search bar to open the reverse image option.ģ. It’ll take a few seconds to load after which the tab will show the desktop version of the Google image search page. Now from the browser settings pop-up, select Request Desktop Website. To open the desktop version, click on the AA button on the top left corner of the browser.
So let’s see how you can do a reverse image search on Safari and Google Chrome.ġ. This method works both on Safari and Google Chrome. The reason to do this is that the Google Image search page only shows the ‘Search by image’ option on the desktop version. The easiest method to do a Google reverse image search without downloading an extra application is by using the request desktop feature.