OnePlus smartphones set to get this exclusive Google feature

NEW DELHI: The Google Lens feature enables users to gather important information by using visual analysis. The company introduced the feature for the first time last year at company’s annual developer conference Google I/O. Soon, after the announcement, the company merged the feature with Google Assistant.

Until now, the feature was available only on Pixel and Nexus smartphones. But, now Chinese manufacturer OnePlus is rolling out the Google Lens to Assistant feature on OnePlus 3, OnePlus 3T, OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T smartphones.

The feature was first spotted by a Reddit user named Agent8923. After the update, the Google Lens icon will appear at the bottom of Google Assistant. The camera app will open for visual identification as soon as a user taps on the icon. Once done, Google will then try to identify the object and will also show all the relevant information and results.




The update is said to be rolling out on OnePlus 3, OnePlus 3T, OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T smartphones with the preferred language set to English.

Recently, Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus announced that it will be launching its flagship smartphone OnePlus 6 in India on May 17. The smartphone is the successor to OnePlus 5T and will be powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 845 processor.

The smartphone will come with a dual rear camera setup and iPhone X-like screen notch feature. The OnePlus 6 is said to run Android 8.1 Oreo operating system out-of-the-box and the company is also expected to give Android P update to the smartphone. The handset will also be water resistant and will come with iPhone X-like gesture control features.