YouTube will let you search for things you see in Shorts

You tin circle, highlight, oregon pat the point you privation to hunt for. | Image: YouTube

YouTube is bringing Lens to Shorts. The feature, which volition rotation retired successful beta successful the coming weeks, volition fto you hunt for much accusation astir the animals, plants, and items you spot wrong a video.

If you’re watching a Short with a landmark successful the background, for example, YouTube says you tin usage Lens to hunt for the circumstantial landmark and find retired much astir wherever the video was filmed.

You’ll beryllium capable to usage the diagnostic by accessing Shorts from wrong YouTube’s mobile app. After you intermission the Short, pat the Lens fastener successful the apical menu, and past circle, highlight, oregon pat the point you privation to hunt for.  YouTube volition past amusement ocular matches and hunt results overlaid connected the Short. The level notes that erstwhile you prime 1 of these results, you tin “quickly leap backmost into the contented you were watching.”

Google has begun expanding Lens successful caller months, arsenic it present lets you hunt with video and tin adjacent assistance you fig retired what to bargain successful store.

YouTube says that portion Lens doesn’t usage “biometric facial recognition” to place circumstantial people, it whitethorn amusement results for “notable nationalist figures.” It besides won’t amusement ads successful results during the pilot, and volition besides not beryllium disposable connected Shorts with buying affiliate links to start.