Circle to Search now uses your entire screen automatically
However, it makes doing a general search less convenient.


- An update for Circle to Search is rolling out in the latest beta of the Google app.
- The update changes Circle to Search’s behavior so that it captures the whole screen and automatically adds it to your upcoming query.
- If you just want to perform a general text search, you’ll now have to remove the image.
Circle to Search (CtS), the AI-powered search tool that lets you search for whatever you circled on your screen, is getting a tweak to its behavior. The update makes a change that you’ll either love or hate.
When you activate CtS, you’ll see a pill-shaped search bar at the bottom of the screen. Currently, if you tap on this bar, it will open up a page of suggestions that includes a field for you to enter a text query. Here, you can search for whatever you want.