{"id":86153,"date":"2016-03-10T12:56:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T10:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=86153"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:03:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:03:31","slug":"google-adds-another-awesome-feature-to-revolutionize-your-search-what-is-on-tap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-adds-another-awesome-feature-to-revolutionize-your-search-what-is-on-tap\/","title":{"rendered":"Google adds another awesome feature to revolutionize your search. What is &#8220;on Tap?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of thelatest things to come out of Google is \u201c<strong>Google Now on Tap<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 a feature which allows you to quickly\u00a0<strong>obtain the information that you need<\/strong> without leaving the app you\u2019re currently using.<\/p>\n<p>Recent news indicates that this app is now able to\u00a0<strong>recognize text via your device\u2019s screen or camera<\/strong>. This also means that the results you receive from a<strong>Google search<\/strong> will be reliant on what you have read on the screen or on an image. The app is also able to recognize numbers through the camera, meaning you&#8217;ll be able to take a picture of a business card (among other things) and save it to your contacts with ease.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-86154\" title=\"473-1-d3401a83f0683777a751ae16c1fe35d6\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/473-1-d3401a83f0683777a751ae16c1fe35d6-568x306.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/473-1-d3401a83f0683777a751ae16c1fe35d6-568x306.jpg 568w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/473-1-d3401a83f0683777a751ae16c1fe35d6-256x138.jpg 256w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/473-1-d3401a83f0683777a751ae16c1fe35d6.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This feature is still in the <strong>early stages of development<\/strong>, yet it hopefully it won&#8217;t be too long before we can make use of its great potential!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-86155\" title=\"473-3-d3401a83f0683777a751ae16c1fe35d6\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/473-3-d3401a83f0683777a751ae16c1fe35d6-568x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/473-3-d3401a83f0683777a751ae16c1fe35d6-568x297.jpg 568w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/473-3-d3401a83f0683777a751ae16c1fe35d6-256x134.jpg 256w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/473-3-d3401a83f0683777a751ae16c1fe35d6.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you want to see a video of the feature in action, click <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oM7m7dyiDPc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of thelatest things to come out of Google is \u201cGoogle Now on Tap\u201d \u2013 a feature which allows you to quickly\u00a0obtain the information that you need without leaving the app you\u2019re currently using. Recent news indicates that this app is now able to\u00a0recognize text via your device\u2019s screen or camera. This also means that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-adds-another-awesome-feature-to-revolutionize-your-search-what-is-on-tap\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Google adds another awesome feature to revolutionize your search. What is &#8220;on Tap?&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2040,"featured_media":86154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2340],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-86153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongoogle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329248,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86153\/revisions\/329248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86153"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=86153"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=86153"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=86153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}