{"id":243896,"date":"2026-05-11T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/gemini-overlay-on-android-basically-adds-circle-to-search\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T16:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T20:15:08","slug":"gemini-overlay-on-android-basically-adds-circle-to-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/gemini-overlay-on-android-basically-adds-circle-to-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemini overlay on Android basically adds Circle to Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/05\/11\/gemini-overlay-circle-search\/\">Gemini overlay on Android basically adds Circle to Search<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/05\/11\/gemini-overlay-circle-search\/\">https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/05\/11\/gemini-overlay-circle-search\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-11 15:34:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"9to5google.com\">9to5google.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Google is rolling out an update to the Gemini overlay on Android that essentially lets you \u201cCircle to Search\u201d and focus your prompt.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-714451\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Once rolled out to your device, activating the Gemini overlay will show a \u201cCircle anything or ask about this screen\u201d prompt.<\/p>\n<p>After circling, you can refine the area with the drag handles around the four-color glow. This lets you select anything on the screen and add it to your prompt as an image. Tapping the image in the overlay lets you access the existing set of drawing tools.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the overlay\u2019s plus menu has also added a \u201cScreen content\u201d option above the Camera to manually add the entire screen. That said, Gemini already factors in your screen if it\u2019s relevant to your command, but today\u2019s addition lets you be precise about it.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\">Advertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re seeing this widely roll out today with the latest stable version of the Google app (17.20). Force stop from App info if you\u2019re not seeing it yet.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-more-on-gemini-app\">More on Gemini app:<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. 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