Circle to Search will be exclusive to Google and Samsung devices for a long time

02 February 2024
Don't expect other Android phones to get it anytime soon.

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Oh, so that's what Samsung and Google met to work on together.

    Do we rly csre, i dont but to be honest i use it a lit already on my S24U but before this with Google lens and that's fine to.

      There probably will be apps for this or special browsers that just fool everything to Android that the app is used on the Samsung phones while it isn't and can be used on what ever.

      It seems to be more of a software thing so it just takes time to get alternative if that feature really is that great to have.

        I don't get it. Doesn't Google Lens already do this and is just as convenient to use?

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          • Anonymous
          • x}j
          • 02 Feb 2024

          No big deal. Chinese companies will have it. Instead of circle to search they will have throw to search

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            • Anonymous
            • XMw
            • 02 Feb 2024

            Who gives a shout about it

              OfficialTRider, 02 Feb 2024Google will sell you out to the government. Microsoft most ... morei'm talking in terms of apps/services.

                Couldn't one just make an app that snaps and crops a screenshot and uses Share feature to send that image to any image search engine?

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                  • swN
                  • 02 Feb 2024

                  I prefer iOS and EMUI approach.

                    FatShady, 02 Feb 2024microsoft? they're somewhat worse than google.Google will sell you out to the government. Microsoft most likely won't. Don't believe me, search on duckduckgo.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 0HV
                      • 02 Feb 2024

                      Just wait for these commerce-friendly gestures:

                      - Outline to Order: wrap around anything and add it to your shopping cart. To avoid licensing conflicts, outline must deviate by at least 10% from a circle.

                      - Probe to Purchase: a wiggling long-press gesture on a single item which maps to one-click purchasing. Exclusive to Amazon users.

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                        • NTx
                        • 02 Feb 2024

                        Django27, 02 Feb 2024That's just you being a tech illiterate. Nothing to br... moreApple dose it all the time

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 0sq
                          • 02 Feb 2024

                          Oh no!

                          Anyway...

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                            • Anonymous
                            • Dkg
                            • 02 Feb 2024

                            Subscription, gatekeeping ,restrictions on files access- the future of Android looks bleak.

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                              • Vorador
                              • myj
                              • 02 Feb 2024

                              Doesn’t seem to be a big issue here to be honest, sounds like Vlad is trying to make a mountain out of a molehill. No one had even heard of circle to search until last month, and it’s something that was created by Samsung and Google, so they have every right to focus on their own devices first, but they still plan to bring it to other brands in the same year anyway. Sounds like a good thing to me?
                              It’s not like circle to search is a life changing necessity anyway.

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                                • Nvx
                                • 02 Feb 2024

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                                  [deleted post]That's just you being a tech illiterate. Nothing to brag about

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • YUU
                                    • 02 Feb 2024

                                    Whatever 🤷🏻‍♂️ I don't care 🙄

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                                      • n53
                                      • 02 Feb 2024

                                      At least October isn't my definition of a long time. Maybe if I was a baby...who letting babies think they need circle to search in their lives??

                                        Smallworld, 02 Feb 2024That's because Google basically paid Samsung to get th... moremicrosoft? they're somewhat worse than google.