It’s no secret around here that we’re reasonably big fans of Circle to Search, the intuitive, powerful system for looking stuff up just by highlighting part of your screen. The last few months have seen a lot of growth for the service, as it works to both add new functionality (like we just saw with QR codes) and expand availability to more and more phones.
But sometimes we wonder if we’re operating in a bit of an echo chamber here, with that Circle to Search praise bouncing all around. Maybe it’s one thing when we’re always looking for the next cool thing we can do with it. But if you were the sort of person who never quite got the appeal of Lens, or who feels more confident crafting a text-based search than trusting the nebulous qualities of an image, even getting started with Circle to Search might be a big ask.