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Google has been looking for ways to better integrate search with its apps. And it doesn’t get any simpler than drawing a circle around an image. , Google has announced that it is bringing a new way to search for anything on an Android-based smartphone - Circle to Search. And it’ll work all without you ever needing to switch apps. Previously, you had to switch to another app to learn more. Something Google calls “disruptive”. According to Google, it doesn’t even need to be a circle. You can circle, highlight, scribble, or tap to get the information you want, within the app you’re using. But, while Circle to Search works anywhere onscreen, you’ll need to activate it first by long pressing the home button or the navigation bar to activate the feature before you start circling items. Then it's just a matter of drawing your finger over your smartphone’s screen. Want to find out what brand of clothes your favourite online creator was using? Simply circle and similar, shoppable options from online retailers. Use multisearch, , to search with text and images at the same time so you can understand concepts, ideas or topics from information pulled together from various sources across the Internet. For example, imagine you’re at a garage sale and you come across an unfamiliar board game without a box or instructions, so immediately questions like how to play it or how can I win in the game, spring to mind. Just take a picture of the game, add your question (“How do you play this?”), and you’ll get an AI-powered overview that brings together the most relevant information from across the web. This way, you can quickly find out what the game is called and how to win. Circle to Search will be launching on 31 January 2024 on five smartphones to start, the three members of Samsung’s brand-new , as well as . We reached out to Google to find out if they had any plans to release Circle to Search to other “premium” Android-based smartphones but all they would say was, "We’re starting first with select premium Android devices, and look forward to bringing this powerful new capability to more people over time." So I suppose we can only remain hopeful.