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- Our teardown of the latest Google app beta reveals that Google is testing more changes to the Circle to Search UI.
- The Translate shortcut following a selection may move to a more prominent spot.
- A new “Change selection” button would appear in the same section after you’ve searched.
Circle to Search has quickly become one of Google’s most recognizable features, offering a simple way to look up anything on your screen with a quick gesture. Since launching early last year, it’s steadily gained new tricks like song recognition and one-tap translations, but Google isn’t done fine-tuning the interface.
While digging into the latest Google app beta (v16.34.58), we managed to enable two subtle changes. The first is a translate button that appears in the header after you circle something. The button itself isn’t new, as we saw Google add a way to translate your selection earlier in the summer, but it has been repositioned in the pull-up header so it’s more visible and easier to tap right away.