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T-Mobile G2 User’s Guide
Opening Goggles and searching with
pictures
You use Goggles to take a picture and search the web for information
about it. You can also use Goggles to learn about nearby businesses
and other local features.
To open Goggles
S Touch the Goggles icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
The first time you open Goggles, you’re asked to accept the Google
mobile terms of service. Then a series of screens introduces you to
Goggle’s features, with illustrations and a short video.
After the tutorial, you’re asked whether you want to enable
Google Goggles search history, along with a link that explains
what the history stores.
To search with pictures
Goggles works better with some kinds of searches than others. Try
taking pictures of books and DVDs, landmarks, logos, contact info,
artwork, businesses, products, barcodes, or text. Currently, it’s not so
good at recognizing animals, plants, cars, furniture, or apparel.
1 Open Goggles.
2 Frame the object you want to search for in the viewer. Or touch
the crop tool to isolate the portion of the view you want to
search for.
For best results, turn the phone sideways so the shutter button is
to the right, and fill the screen with as much of the search image
as possible.
3 Touch the on-screen shutter button .
If Goggles is confident about identifying the subject of your
picture, a screen opens with search results. You can touch a result
to read more, rate the effectiveness of the search results, view or
share your image, and so on.
If Goggles can’t recognize the image, a screen opens where you
can try a text search instead, or view a selection of images that
Goggles thinks are similar to yours.