Google Lens clocks more than 500 million installs on the Play Store

The Google Lens app has only been available as a separate entity since 2018 which makes this 500-million installs milestone particularly impressive.

Google Lens does not come pre-installed on devices to most of the people downloading it are those actively doing it from the Play Store. (Google )

Google Lens has crossed the 500-million install milestone on the Google Play Store. It's just been three years since Google Lens was launched and has been one of those oft forgotten apps that come with a lot of utility that not many people know about.

The Google Lens app has only been available as a separate entity since 2018 which makes this 500-million installs milestone particularly impressive.

The Google Lens can be for maps and signpost translations in realtime, it can also scan QR codes, pull text from images, solve equations, pull up the best deal for you when you are shopping and much more.

Google Lens does not come pre-installed on devices to most of the people downloading it are those actively doing it from the Play Store.

Some of Google Lens' features have made their way to the Google Camera app over time but it still retains some unique features that are exclusive to the app and this app alone.