{"id":98909,"date":"2018-03-14T15:06:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T15:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=98909"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:36:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:36:25","slug":"google-images-is-now-even-more-useful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-images-is-now-even-more-useful\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Images is now even more useful!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google Images is the <strong>incredibly useful tab on Google searches<\/strong> that lets you look through <strong>images relating to your search term<\/strong>. Last year Google improved Images by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/mmmm-youll-love-this-tasty-new-google-image-search-feature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">adding badges to each result<\/a> that highlighted the type of content the images were from. If the image comes from a recipe it now has the word recipe written on it so that you know that clicking on it will take you to the recipe of whatever it is that you\u2019re looking at. Google is now looking to extend this functionality even further, adding more information to the tag that shows up with image results. <strong>Google is starting to add captions to Google Image results.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Google App\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/b03d4f44-9b32-11e6-9f73-00163ed833e7\/2129701301\/google-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Google App<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google.en.softonic.com\/android?ex=REG-60.2\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Now<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--80\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"80\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"8\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\">8<\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google.en.softonic.com\/android?ex=REG-60.2\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>That captions that Google is adding will offer users a little more context about the images that they\u2019re looking at.<strong> Captions will include the title and where the image is published.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_98910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98910\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-98910 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/Text_on_SRP_2.max-1000x1000.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/Text_on_SRP_2.max-1000x1000.png 900w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/Text_on_SRP_2.max-1000x1000-270x300.png 270w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/Text_on_SRP_2.max-1000x1000-768x853.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.google\/products\/search\/get-more-useful-information-captions-google-images\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Google has offered a handy example in the form of an image search for<em> fruit that looks like stars<\/em>. In the results shown, rather just showing images of fruit that look like stars <strong>the captions include basic information like the name of the fruit and where it is found.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;&lt;!-- Shortcode [program] does not exist --&gt;&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1,&quot;3&quot;:[null,0]}\"><div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Google Drive\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/a4ff16fe-96d1-11e6-a92a-00163ec9f5fa\/1950955591\/google-drive-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Google Drive<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-drive.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Google Drive<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--70\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"70\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"7\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\">7<\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-drive.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Like with the image tabs, this is a mobile search function so you should expect to start seeing it <strong>in the Google app your Android and iOS devices soon.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Images is the incredibly useful tab on Google searches that lets you look through images relating to your search term. Last year Google improved Images by adding badges to each result that highlighted the type of content the images were from. 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