Google Lens allows you to search using your smartphone camera. The visual search engine is easy to use and can provide details quickly.

Microsoft is giving Android and iOS owners a new way to find out more information about the outside world with new Visual Search features that are powered by its Bing engine.

Bing Visual Search is available across various platforms, including the Bing app for iOS and Android, Microsoft Launcher, and the Microsoft Edge browser for both Android and iOS.

For users in the US, visual search is now part of the Bing app for iOS and Android, the Android version of the Microsoft Launcher, and Edge for Android. It's coming soon to Edge for iOS and Bing.com.

Similar to Google's other visual search tools like Lens, Circle to Search gives more info about what's on your screen without much typing. You circle what you want to search for. Here's how to use it.

Bing Visual Search Rollout The new visual search is now part of Microsoft's Bing app for both Android and iOS in the United States, as well as the Edge app and Microsoft Launcher for Android.

The development does make it easier for users that primarily call upon Gemini for their queries, but, alas, it further blurs the lines between Google's various visual search tools.

Google is bringing a Circle to Search-like feature to iPhones, allowing visual search within the Chrome and Google apps via Lens.

Microsoft says that visual search is available starting today in the Bing apps for both iOS and Android. Further, Android users can check the feature out in Microsoft Launcher and Microsoft Edge.