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Google Lens in desktop Chrome is getting an AI-powered upgrade that could make it feel like a desktop version of Circle to Search<\/a>. As part of a Chrome update, Google will let you click a new button right in the search box to activate Google Lens so you can select things that you want to search for. Then, thanks to a sidebar that pops up right within the tab you\u2019re looking at, you\u2019ll be able to do a \u201cmultisearch,\u201d or a search containing both text and the image that you found with Lens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The feature could prove to be a more useful way to search, especially since you won\u2019t have to navigate away from the page you\u2019re looking at by doing a separate Google search or opening a new tab.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n (Note that you\u2019ve already been able to activate Google Lens with a right-click or from the three dots menu and see results in a sidebar<\/a> on desktop Chrome, but what\u2019s new here is the Google Lens icon in the search bar and the ability to multisearch<\/a> right from that sidebar.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The update that enables this feature is set to roll out over \u201cthe next few days\u201d globally, according to a blog post from Chrome VP Parisa Tabriz<\/a>. The search results that appear in the sidebar can include Google\u2019s sometimes-bizarre AI Overviews<\/a>, but that feature will only be available to US users, Google spokesperson Joshua Cruz tells The Verge.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Google is also adding an AI-powered feature to Chrome that will essentially let you ask questions about your search history to help find a link you might want to look at again. Tabriz gives the example of asking \u201cwhat was that ice cream shop I looked at last week?\u201d to see relevant links in your history about ice cream.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The tool, which is rolling out \u201cin the coming weeks\u201d in the US on desktop Chrome, is opt-in and will rely on a cloud-based model to power the results. In a briefing with reporters, Tabriz discussed the possibility of letting the model run on-device \u201conce we can get quality performance to where we think it\u2019s a great user experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n