Google Instant Previews brings visual search results to the iPhone

Earlier today Google rolled out their Instant Previews feature for mobile devices like iPhone. The feature adds elegant thumbnail previews to your search results and works perfectly on your iPhone or iPod touch

, even bearing a resemblance to the way Mobile Safari handles tab management.

Instant Previews has been available on the desktop since last year but I never found myself actually using it. I’ve only been playing with it on my iPhone for a few minutes but can already tell you I’ll be using Instant Previews a lot more on the go than I ever did on the desktop. Just tap the little magnifying glass next to your search results to see Instant Previews in action.

If you don’t have your iPhone handy then check out the video after the break to get a better idea of how it works, and don’t forget to let us know what you think in the comments!