Google Chrome working on its own version of Circle to Search

Circle to Search on Android is a very useful feature due to its simplicity and from the looks of it, it is also coming to Google Chrome on desktop platforms.

Google launched Circle to Search on Android earlier this year and has since expanded it to more devices. The feature works simply in that, once enabled, you can draw a circle or type in whatever you want more information about.

Now this feature appears to be headed to Google Chrome.

As spotted by @Leopeva64 on Twitter/XGoogle continues to update its work on a Circle to Search-like feature on Chrome.

It’s basically a supercharged version of Google Lens, which already exists in Chrome. When you tap the Google sidebar shortcut, an updated UI appears with a purple overlay, much like on Android. From there, you can click and drag to “circle” items on the screen.

Work on this user interface has been ongoing since a moment nowbut the user interface is clearly starting to mimic that of Circle to Search on Android.

As for when this feature will be available to users, that is unclear. It’s not yet available by default, even in Chrome Canary builds, so it might be a while before it rolls out. But given that Google plans to add more AI features to Chrome, it makes sense that it would happen sooner rather than later.

Meanwhile, on Microsoft Edge, a “Circle to Copilot” feature was also spotted earlier this year.

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