Get stuck in games a lot? Google's potential Circle to Search could solve
your gaming woes

Date:
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:34:40 +0000

Description:
Circle to Search could soon get a neat feature to make it easier to get help on your favorite mobile games.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Circle to Search could add a new mobile gaming focused feature Get Game Help would search the internet for tips and tricks based on an in-game screenshot
There's no guessing yet about when the feature might launch

Googles AI-powered Circle to Search tool could soon bring a new level of usefulness to mobile gamers, if a feature found in unreleased code is
anything to go by.

Android Authority took a look behind-the-curtain at unreleased Android code for an APK teardown, wherein a new chip (read: button) for Circle to Search was found.

Titled Get Game Help, the feature as currently designed takes a screenshot of the game in progress and uses this as context to perform a Google search and access tips and hints for the player.

This Google search doesnt appear to be especially targeted, returning results from various platforms and websites, so may be more of a shortcut than an entirely new way to access assistance.

Whats more, Google may struggle to tell which game youre playing, or which point in said game youre specifically stuck at, prompting users to refine the search by noting the game and level manually.

Of course, we cant say with any certainty whether Get Game Help will receive further tweaks to improve its accuracy and effectiveness before the feature launches to users, but it seems probable given its present state.

This feature doesnt seem to be able to tell the difference between games and other apps yet, as the Get Game Help button seems to appear any time Circle
to Search is activated.

Google have been pushing Circle to Search hard in the latter part of 2024 and early 2025 it was only in September 2024 that the feature began appearing on phones outside of the Google and Samsung ecosystems .

Across 2024, Google implemented a slew of improvements for what has become
one of its standout technologies, such as Shazam-style song recognition , but this is the first weve seen that focuses squarely on mobile gaming.

If youre after more specialised gaming tips, you could always head on over to our sister section TRG , and if youre just looking to get your hands on a Circle to Search enabled phone, theres plenty of options to choose from in
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