public-roadmap [Google Lens API] Allow search with text

Several users, including a customer, requested support text alongside an image search on Google Lens. This is possible on the Google Mobile App.

[Update] A user mentioned it's now available for Desktop as well.

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Other requests in the past: Intercom | Intercom

May 26 '24 23:05 hilmanski

So awesome thanks for adding this request

May 26 '24 23:05 Techsetter

Another customer requested this:

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Jun 12 '24 09:06 marm123

Another request for this:

Front

Jun 24 '24 13:06 alexbarron

Another customer requested this:

Intercom

Oct 15 '24 21:10 NateSkiles

Another request:

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Nov 07 '24 09:11 alexbarron

Will you also add support for pulling fullres images instead of the thumbnail quality images that are currently returned?

Nov 07 '24 16:11 Techsetter

Hi @Techsetter , we can support full-resolution images when this data is available on the Google Lens (or other engines) side. Unfortunately, if they don't provide this data on the search result, we won't be able to do it. Please let us know if you can see this data in the search results.

Nov 07 '24 20:11 hilmanski

Another user requested this:

Intercom

Dec 11 '24 08:12 martin-serpapi

An enterprise customer requested this.

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Dec 25 '24 07:12 hilmanski

This is what i asked ChatGPT it sent me to this issue. Please add this feature!

Dec 29 '24 18:12 arichayo

Hi @arichayo ,

Once we've added this feature, we'll let you know in this thread.

Dec 29 '24 22:12 hilmanski

Another user requested this:

Intercom

Feb 05 '25 17:02 NateSkiles

Another user requested this. They mentioned that the text search is available for both mobile and desktop now.

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Feb 18 '25 19:02 sonika-serpapi

A customer requested this.

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Mar 07 '25 02:03 hilmanski

Another user requested this:

Intercom

Specifically, they were looking for the ability to include search operators such as site: in their query:

Mar 24 '25 20:03 NateSkiles

Another user requested this feature:

Intercom

Going to mark this feature request as priotized, as it's been highly requested. cc @tanys123

Mar 27 '25 19:03 NateSkiles

Received a request for this:

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Apr 01 '25 07:04 alexbarron

I am interested in this feature. Is there an approx ETA?

Apr 22 '25 17:04 florence555

@florence555 Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide an ETA for this feature just yet. However, we’ll be sure to follow up here with an update as soon as it becomes available. Thanks for your patience!

Apr 22 '25 18:04 NateSkiles

Another customer requested this:

Intercom

May 14 '25 21:05 NateSkiles

A user reached out.

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May 26 '25 01:05 hilmanski

Another high-volume customer requested this:

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May 27 '25 11:05 marm123

A potential customer is probably interested in this.

Front

Edit by Alex: Updated link to thread on Front.

May 28 '25 05:05 hilmanski

A user reached out about this

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May 28 '25 22:05 sonika-serpapi

still no eta ?

May 30 '25 05:05 HG2407

Hi @HG2407, we don't have any ETA, but we have a PR already that addresses this issue. Once the review is done, we'll deploy it to production.

Thank you for your patience.

May 30 '25 06:05 hilmanski

Thanks for your patience! We have deployed an update that enable search with text on Google Lens. We have also made the API easier to navigate, you can now use type parameter to request for Products, Visual Matches and Exact Matches -- page_token parameter is deprecated. Checkout the documentation for more info.

Jun 12 '25 02:06 tanys123

Thank you very much, @tanys123, for working on this.

@Techsetter @HG2407 @florence555 @arichayo for visibility. Please let us know if you have any feedback on this new feature.

Jun 12 '25 02:06 hilmanski