Circle to Search is quick, convenient, and genuinely useful—not something you can say about every AI feature launched in the past few months. It's not available on every phone though. At the time of writing, you need a Google Pixel 6 (from 2021) or later, or a Samsung Galaxy S23 (from 2023) or later.

Important: This feature is available on select models of Android phones. Circle, highlight, scribble, or tap text or images anywhere on your screen to select and search for them on Google.

Just long press the home button or navigation bar on your Pixel phone to activate Circle to Search. From there, you can select any item that you see with your preferred gesture search — like circling their sunglasses — to quickly find similar, shoppable options from retailers across the web.