If you run across something on your Android device’s screen and quickly want to look it up, then you’ll probably love Google’s Circle to Search. The feature, which debuted at the beginning of 2024, makes it quick and easy to do a Google search on some text or an image from your screen. All you have to do is invoke Circle to Search and then tap or draw over whatever it is you want to look up.
Circle to Search is easily one of Google’s best features in years, but it’s not available on every device. You’ll find it on many of the best Android phones and a couple of our favorite Android tablets, but there isn’t a complete list of devices that support the feature. Many Pixel and Samsung Galaxy devices already support it, but most Android devices from other brands do not. However, that’s already changing fast, and Google set a goal for itself to bring Circle to Search to 200 million devices by the end of 2024, prompting it to expand the feature to Android devices from other brands like HONOR and Xiaomi.