Samsung debuted the Circle to Search feature on its Galaxy S24 series earlier this year, arriving later on Google Pixel devices. It allows you to do quick searches or execute actions related to what is on your screen. Now, Google could give audio search capabilities to Circle to Search.
As spotted by @AssembleDebug (on X/Twitter), Circle to Search may soon get an icon related to audio features. The icon suggests that it could allow you to run voice or audio searches/tasks. Whether you want to know the name of a song playing or translate what someone else is saying in different languages. This would bring Circle to Search closer to the possibilities of other Google apps by sharing certain functions.
Google could add an audio icon to Circle to Search
It is not uncommon for different Google apps to have similar functionalities. This is true between Assistant, Gemini, Lens, and now Circle to Search. After all, they are all developed around the same product: Google Search. So, maybe the company wants you to have access to all the key features of the “Search” ecosystem from any related app you use.
Another possible function for the “audio” icon would be to add additional context to searches. A recent leak revealed that Google wants to make it easier to add additional context to Lens searches. So, Circle to Search’s audio features could serve something similar. This would allow you to ask for more specific things regarding what you see on your phone’s screen.
Anyway, for now, everything about the potential features is speculation. Even the source is still not sure what role it will play. The audio icon was spotted in the Google app beta 15.24.28.29, but it does not come by default, as it had to be enabled. However, it still doesn’t do anything when you tap it. Let’s hope that more details emerge in this regard in the coming weeks to be clearer about the new possibilities it will open.
