Summary
An useful tool for determining a picture’s provenance, finding related photos, or fact-checking an image is a reverse image search. Whether you’re using an iPhone or an Android phone, there are many different methods to do a reverse image search on your smartphone.
Android or iPhone camera
For instance, here is how to use Google Lens to search for images in reverse on an Android device:
Select a picture from a website or from your photo collection.
Press the Lens symbol.
After that, the software will recognize the picture, carry out a reverse image search, and provide other, comparable image.
We’ll cover all of this in depth in this article, along with a few other methods for using a variety of tools, applications, and websites to do a reverse search on your mobile device.
How to use Android’s reverse image search
You may upload a picture to run a Google reverse image search if you received it via email or if you already have it saved to your phone. You may use any Android browser using this strategy. You must use Google’s image search on a desktop computer in order to submit a picture and do a reverse image search. This is the way to get going.
Step1: Open your browser and go to images.google.com.
Step 2: You must choose the desktop version as that is what you want. Click the three dots in the upper right corner of Chrome to get the More menu.
Step 3: Select the option for Desktop Site.
Step 4: To access the upload picture option, tap the little camera symbol.
How to use iPhone’s backward picture search
An photograph may also be reverse-searched on an iPhone. This is the way to get going.
Step1: visit images.google.com.
Step 2: You must make a request if you would want the desktop version. To access the share menu in Safari, press the Share symbol with the arrow pointing up. Press the three-dot More icon located in the bottom-right corner of the screen in Chrome.
Step 3: Select Request Desktop Site by swiping through the choices.
Step 4: To access the upload picture option, tap the little camera symbol.
Making Use of Google Lens
Google Lens may have been preloaded on your smartphone, but it’s still accessible independently on the Android Google Play Store. There is no longer a need to download a separate app for iOS devices since Lens is now integrated into the main Google Search app.
Step 1: Open a website or go to a picture in your photo collection.
Step 2: To begin the picture recognition process, tap the Lens icon.
Step 3: After that, the software will recognize the picture, carry out a reverse image search, and provide other, comparable photographs.
Utilizing the Google Photos application
The picture recognition capability of the Google Photos app was first made available as Google Lens, a stand-alone app. The Google Lens team has been incorporating this technology into Google Assistant for iPhone and Android, Google Photos, and Google’s search engine since 2017. This enables users to do reverse image searches and browse photographs on the internet. On stored photographs, you may do reverse image searches by selecting the desired photo and then hitting the Google Lens button.
Can I browse my gallery for images in reverse?
You may search for a picture in your gallery in reverse image mode. They are supported by all reverse image search engines, including TinEye, Bing, and Google. Google Lens is our go-to tool for doing a reverse image search on a gallery shot.
Can a screenshot be reverse image searched?
Although not all reverse image platforms offer them, it is possible to reverse image search a screenshot. The reverse image search technique for a screenshot is the same as for any other snapshot, but be careful to complete these steps:
- To narrow down your search and get rid of irrelevant image results, crop the picture.
- Applying filters to the screenshot might distort the findings, so avoid doing so.
- Take a crisp, well-lit screen capture.
On my Android, how can I do a reverse picture search?
Here’s how to use your Android phone to do a reverse picture search:
- Open your browser and go to images.google.com.
- You must choose the desktop version as that is what you desire. Click the three dots in the upper right corner of Chrome to get the More menu.
- Select the option for Desktop Site.
- You may submit a picture by tapping on the little camera icon.
