Google Lens Screen Search is rolling out now with Chrome 133 for iOS and the latest version of the Google (Search) app.

The Google and Chrome apps for iOS are getting a new “Search Screen with Google Lens” capability that replicates the Circle to Search feature on Android.

Google is rolling out new search gestures that allow iPhone users to highlight anything on their screen to quickly search for it. The Lens screen-searching feature is available on iOS in both the Google app and Chrome browser and provides a similar experience to Android’s Circle to Search, which isn’t supported on iPhones.

Google Chrome has updated the existing "Enhanced protection" feature with AI to offer "real-time" protection against dangerous websites, downloads and extensions.

Google is introducing two small but meaningful enhancements to its Lens technology. To start, Chrome and Google app users on iPhone can now draw, highlight or tap on text and images to carry out a visual search of what they see in front of them.

The feature appears to be a limited version of Android's Circle to Search, contained within a few apps. Will it convince some Apple lovers to jump ship, or at least ditch Safari?