Via a "reverse image search" on a computer or smartphone, you can find people, places and things that are in the picture. Watch this video to see how to do a reverse image search on Google.

If you come across a photo that you would like to use as the basis for your Google search, a Chrome shortcut makes it very easy to do so.

Google Lens in Chrome searches and provides information on any online image in your browser. Lens has several handy features like reverse image search, text recognition, and translating.

WhatsApp is adding a new reverse image search function that uses Google to find original sources. The tool is available in the WhatsApp beta.

Right-click the image containing the QR code and click Search Image with Google. Google Chrome allows you to seamlessly reverse image search by right-clicking on the QR code.