Open Google Lens
Opens the Google app to the Lens function so you can use your phone’s camera to scan the environment around you and perform AI functions like real-time translation of street signs.
Search image with Google Lens
receives a photo from the Share Sheet ( or asks you to pick one) and passes it to the Google app to the Lens feature, using it as a search input and showing you results based off what it sees.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Search%20image%20with%20Google%20Lens
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Search%20image%20with%20Google%20Lens
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Search image with Google Lens”
end tell
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