In recent months, Google has discreetly rewritten how reverse image search works on the desktop version of Chrome; replacing the prior approach with Google Lens.

Chrome’s mobile version experienced a similar transformation in 2019. While many users have been using the new Google Lens sidebar system in Chrome for desktop for months since it was surreptitiously released; Google is now officially announcing Google Lens and its new sidebar-based design.

How Does Google Lens Work With This?

If you haven’t kept up with the changes, don’t blame yourself; the change here may be for improved and more efficient reverse image search functionality than before. Simply right-click a photo and choose “search image with Google Lens,” and a sidebar on the right shows visual matches for the photo in the same tab. You can also right-click anywhere on the webpage and select “search photographs with Google Lens,” which will crop any currently rendered visual content on the page into a Google Lens search, regardless of whether or not it’s a distinct image file.