The eyes of the Google Assistant and Google Lens have integrated into the Chrome browser a long time ago and offer the possibility to pass on any images to the platform for evaluation. Now an update is rolled out that significantly increases the functionality of the results page and can use the text recognized on images for additional purposes. Just as you know it from the smartphone so far.
Google Lens can be used in two different ways in the Chrome browser, both of which are created in connection with Google Image Search. Either you use the Lens icon displayed in the image search or you use the entry in the context menu of each image. Both the way to get there and the results page are different. Now an update for the results page of the Chrome version will be rolled out.
There it is now possible to use the text recognized on images. Previously, this was only displayed and could be processed further, now another click is enough for some purposes. You can now copy the text directly to the clipboard, have the text passage or the word read aloud, or forward it directly to Google Translate, where it will then be translated into the desired language. The last alternative is to use Google Web Search.
In the following screenshots, you can see how it was implemented and where to look for it. The rollout may have started a long time ago, but the Lens integration with the Chrome browser is completely different. It is quite possible that there will be even more in the near future, because you want to integrate deeper into the web search, especially through multi-search.