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The screen capture lens tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about Google's experimental Windows app that combines local file search, Google Drive, Google Lens visual lookup, and AI-powered search into a floating Spotlight-style interface. Users explore how this tool integrates screen capture functionality with Lens for visual search, allowing quick lookups without switching windows. Topics include the Alt+Space hotkey, AI Mode for follow-up questions, and the app's role as a Labs experiment. The tag focuses on this specific Google app and its multimodal search capabilities on Windows.
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    Google Spotlight-style Windows app blends local search, Drive, Lens, and AI

    Google has quietly planted a new flag on the Windows desktop: an experimental, Spotlight‑style Google app that appears as a summonable floating search capsule (default hotkey Alt + Space) and stitches together local file search, installed apps, Google Drive, Google Lens visual lookup, standard...
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    Google Labs Windows App: Floating Spotlight Search with Lens & AI

    Google’s experimental Windows app aims to remove the friction of switching windows to look something up — a floating, Spotlight‑like search bar you summon with Alt + Space that can search local files, installed apps, Google Drive, and the web, and that folds in Google Lens and the company’s AI...
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