Crucially, these updates will roll out to all phones running Google Lens on iOS and Android, which is hundreds of millions of handsets. Google says that Lens is responsible for 20 billion visual searches every month. These updates add generative AI into more hands without necessitating new hardware.

These features, as per Google, are designed to enhance security and safeguard personal data in the event of phone theft.

One of the new features uses machine learning (ML) to lock your phone if it suspects someone is running off with it.