YouTube Shorts is currently beta testing the integration of Google Lens, allowing users to search for information about elements within short-form videos. Viewers can access this feature by pausing a video and selecting Lens from the menu, enabling them to tap or highlight parts of the clip for visual search results overlaying the content. During this test phase, advertisements won’t appear in the search results, and the Lens functionality is not available for Shorts with shopping links or paid promotions, though it may evolve into a shopping tool in the future.
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