Google made a subtle announcement today on Twitter: it's in the process of rolling out new AI features for its Lens platform that will let you search your Google Photos library for text that appears within photos and screenshots. Then, you'll then be able to easily copy and paste that text into a note, document, or form. Both of the new features make use of a technique known as optical character recognition (OCR), with the copy/paste option building on Lens' existing ability to understand and pull out the text found within photos, be it a screenshot or a photo of a physical sign or document. According to 9to5Google, that feature is available now on some Android devices, although it does not appear to be active quite yet on iOS. You may already be able to search your photos for text using Google Photos on the web.

Google will use its powerful algorithms to let users rove their photos for text inside an image. Its new feature, slated to be rolled out in Google Photos, will allow users to search text that appears in photos and then, more importantly, copy and paste that text into a note or document using Google Lens -- its image recognition technology. In a tweet to venture capitalist Hunter Walk, Google acknowledged the feature which he noted had been turned on in his account. Google photos just got a lot smarter. The company's AI can now look through your library and pull out text that appear in images.

Google has developed new technology that reinvents the copy/paste feature. Called'Copyless Paste', the upgrade takes data from your Chrome uses it to improve the experience in other apps. The option is currently in the testing phases, but is said to allow users to paste text without copying it first – the technology intelligently predicts what users want to copy. 'Copyless Paste' takes data from your Chrome uses it to improve the experience in other apps. Copyless Paste is in the testing phases, but is said to allow users to paste text without copying it first – the technology intelligently figures out what users want to copy.