{"slug": "look-up-app-for-googlebooks-appears-on-play-store-currently-works-on-phones", "title": "‘Look up’ app for Googlebooks appears on Play Store, currently works on phones", "summary": "Google has released a 'Look up' app for Googlebooks on the Play Store, currently installable on phones, which lets users highlight text to open a floating window with dictionary, flight tracker, overview, and translator features, plus a conversational Gemini 'Ask a follow-up question' field. The app, with package name com.google.android.desktop.contextualtools, is intended for Googlebooks but is available on phones as of today, though Google will likely restrict it to the desktop platform soon.", "body_md": "Following [Magic Pointer](https://9to5google.com/2026/07/10/magic-pointer-google-play/) and [Desktop Camera](https://9to5google.com/2026/08/16/googlebooks-desktop-camera/), Google has now released a “Look up” app for Googlebooks.\n\nLook up lets you “highlight a concept you want to explore, a new word, a trip destination, and more.” This opens a floating window, with screenshots showing a dictionary, flight tracker, “Overview,” and translator. The “Ask a follow-up question” field at the bottom provides a conversational Gemini experience. The Play Store icon is a pair of glasses badged by the Gemini spark.\n\nGoogle explains that “Look up will use publicly available information from the relevant Google service (e.g. Search, Maps, Flights) to provide the best response in a helpful format.”\n\nThe desktop interface and package name — [com.google.android.desktop.contextualtools](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.desktop.contextualtools) — make it clear that this is for Googlebooks, though the app can be installed on phones as of today.\n\nWhen you highlight text, “Look up” will appear as a menu option. This brings up the floating panel with results. Google will presumably close this unintended availability on phones in short order.\n\nLook up is roughly analogous to a similarly named macOS feature (“Look Up”) when you right-click.\n\n## More on Googlebooks:\n\n[Final UI for Googlebook ‘Desktop Camera’ app revealed [Gallery]](https://9to5google.com/2026/08/16/googlebooks-desktop-camera/)[Here’s the first Asus Googlebook as the floodgates start to open](https://9to5google.com/2026/08/04/heres-the-first-asus-googlebook/)[Lenovo’s full-size Googlebook leak offers a closer look at hardware [Gallery]](https://9to5google.com/2026/08/03/lenovos-googlebook-15-leaks/)\n\n*FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.* [More.](https://9to5mac.com/about/#affiliate)\n\n[our homepage](http://9to5google.com/)for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Google on\n\n[exclusive stories](https://9to5google.com/feature/exclusive/),\n\n[reviews](https://9to5google.com/guides/reviews/),\n\n[how-tos](https://9to5google.com/guides/how-to/), and\n\n[subscribe to our YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/9to5google)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/look-up-app-for-googlebooks-appears-on-play-store-currently-works-on-phones", "canonical_source": "https://9to5google.com/2026/09/01/googlebooks-look-up/", "published_at": "2026-09-01 16:46:20+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-01 16:56:24.845858+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-tools", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Google", "Googlebooks", "Gemini", "Play Store"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/look-up-app-for-googlebooks-appears-on-play-store-currently-works-on-phones", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/look-up-app-for-googlebooks-appears-on-play-store-currently-works-on-phones.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/look-up-app-for-googlebooks-appears-on-play-store-currently-works-on-phones.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/look-up-app-for-googlebooks-appears-on-play-store-currently-works-on-phones.jsonld"}}