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Google just showed off 4 major updates to its futuristic Lens technology that anyone who goes out to restaurants will love

You'll be able to point your phone's camera at a menu, and Lens will automatically highlight popular dishes.

Google just showed off 4 major updates to its futuristic Lens technology that anyone who goes out to restaurants will love

Pointing your phone's camera at a restaurant bill will calculate the tip and split the total between your friends.

Pointing your phone

Lens can show you a video of how to prepare a dish when you point your phone's camera at the recipe.

Lens can show you a video of how to prepare a dish when you point your phone

Lens will read text out loud when you point your phone's camera at text, and it'll also translate text and read it out loud in your language.

Lens will read text out loud when you point your phone

This feature will work on Google Go, Google's search app for entry-level devices. Google says that because the technology is compressed to 100 KB, it will work even on $35 phones.

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