Google announced last month that Circle to Search would be adding a new button that lets you instantly translate whatever is on your screen. Now, Google is working on another upgrade for the Circle to Search feature, which will be able to be used as a barcode scanner.
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Android Authority discovered that Google Pixel and eligible device users will be able to use the Circle to Search feature as a barcode scanner, in an APK Teardown.
There is evidence of a barcode scanner capability for Circle to Search in the latest beta version of the Google app (15.19.45.29.arm64). Now, when you circle a barcode from your screen, it simply opens it from Google Search instead of scanning the circled barcode. In the future, this feature will work by scanning the circled barcode.
If you owe the below list of devices, you can use the Circle to Search as barcode scanner
- Pixel 6.
- Pixel 6 Pro.
- Pixel 6a.
- Pixel 7 Pro
- Pixel 7
- Pixel 7a.
- Pixel Fold.
- Pixel Tablet
- Samsung Galaxy S24 series.
- Samsung Galaxy S23 series.
- Samsung Galaxy S22 series.
- Samsung Galaxy S21 series.
- Galaxy Z Fold5
- Galaxy Z Fold4.
- Galaxy Z Fold3
- Galaxy Z Flip5
- Galaxy Z Flip4
- Galaxy Z Flip3
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Circle to Search is a new way to find items without any hassle. Google and Samsung introduced this new search feature with the Galaxy S24 series, which is currently being rolled out to older flagship devices of 2021 and 2022 with One UI 6.1.
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