Google Goggles
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With Google Goggles you can perform web searches by taking a picture rather than typing in text. It can be used to search based on the pictures of logos, text, barcodes, street signs, landmarks, and more.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
Discontinued
In August 2018 Goggles app stopped working: Google now redirects users to 
Google Lens app or, for incompatible phone, to 
Google Photos which includes Lens' features.
Features
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What is Google Goggles?
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Developed by
Google Licensing
Proprietary and Free product.Alternatives
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Online ServicesApple AppStore
- Updated Jun 17, 2025
- 4.64 avg rating
Comments and Reviews
I often find it doesn't actually work. I suspect the idea is somewhat ahead of the technology
Google Goggles doesn't support the iPod Touch 4, even though it has a camera. Lame.
Goggles search-by-sight tool could soon work through Google's Chrome browser, too "I am working on a 20 percent project to facilitate the input of Web image searching," Google programmer Xiuduan Fang said in a post in Dec.2009 to the Chrome Extensions mailing list titled "Chrome extension for Web Goggles. The 20 percent figure refers to a Google program that permits engineers to devote a fifth of their time to projects of their own choosing. Read more: (1) http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10412216-264.html (2) http://bit.ly/9BaFXx