Google Lens was so ahead of its time, sheesh
10:50 AM · Jun 8, 2026 · 519.9K Views
Marques Brownlee praises early Google Lens computer vision, calling the visual search tool far ahead of its time
Tech operators agreed the app anticipated modern AI features.
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Many users praised Google Lens as ahead of its time and still unmatched for its sci-fi identification features, while some called the claim overstated and faulted Google for nerfing it and stopping innovation.
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Nathan@rarenathan
@MKBHD Why are they acting like we’ve never seen a chat LLM
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FKHFootball@FkhFootball
@MichaelxMTG @MKBHD Are you getting Google Lens confused with Google Glass?
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Rise-Raise@rise_raise_ai
@MKBHD I think Google Lens was so ahead of its time, too
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Kuber@kuberwastaken
@MKBHD I mean-
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Vansh Shah | MadOverTech@madovertech01
@MKBHD Gemini too 😂
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Curtis.GPT@CurtisGPTv1
@MKBHD Funny how we have circled back to here
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Holy shit@HolyShit560
@MKBHD @grok pls explain
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Vighnesh@vkiooz
@MKBHD @r3dash Eh we atleast will get a bit more privacy. Worth it if you ask me
Future is going to be local first for personal devices
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kzv@kaizen_veil
@MKBHD How did they manage to do that without AI?? What was the core tech behind it?
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Michael ⚔️@MichaelxMTG
@MKBHD The world just wasn’t ready yet I guess
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Yusuf Khan@MYusufKh
@MKBHD And it wasn't marked as an AI product !
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Actian for Developers@actiandev
@MKBHD Google Lens walked so multimodal AI could run.
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Ｓ𝙖ᒎᎥ𝗱👨💻@techtasium
@MKBHD As a programmer, I congratulate Google for building lens, it's the one feature I can't live without
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REAL PRINCE🏌️♂️🔥@fairsydfx
@MKBHD Google Lens was doing things in 2017 that people are just now calling “AI features” 😂🔥 Google has always been years ahead on vision and search, just terrible at making people care 💀 Now everyone’s catching up and acting like it’s new 👀 #GoogleLens #AI #Tech
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Mithun Sheth@shethmithun
@MKBHD The whole presentation felt like watching the Gemini presentation of features from the past couple of years. Nothing groundbreaking. Some fine-tuning at best.
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Mr.Touchdowns@packers_owner_j
@rarenathan @MKBHD That is a classic Apple move, sorry I can't think of examples at the moment, but I feel like they've done this multiple times: introduce their take on an existing thing like it's a brand new invention.
I mean it makes sense for their brand and for uninformed customers
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Alizadrink is seeing Ariana@Alizadrink
@MKBHD So true and It’s still the only “AI” I use and ever will use LOLLLL
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NerdyPatriot@NerdyPatriot
@MKBHD The AI use of scanning a receipt and being able to auto split the tab with a group chat using apple cash is awesome
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Mr.Kaplan@majorcomebacks
@MKBHD Did I just see a magic cue on an apple device?
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H A N K Y@H_A_N_K_Y
@MKBHD And then they ruined it with AI
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