Google has introduced “Ask Photos,” a new AI-powered feature in the Photos app that lets users search their images using voice commands.
Powered by Google’s Gemini AI, this feature understands natural language, allowing users to ask queries like, “Show me my Chiled birthday pictures from last year.”
Key Features:
- Natural Language Processing: Utilizing the Gemini AI model, “Ask Photos” understands and processes everyday language, making it easier to find specific images without precise phrasing.
- Contextual Understanding: The feature comprehends the context of your queries, allowing for more nuanced searches. For example, asking, “What did I eat at the market in Thailand?” will bring up photos related to that experience.
- Task Assistance: Beyond searching, “Ask Photos” can help with tasks like creating trip highlights or suggesting personalized captions for social media posts.
Voice Search: Find photos instantly using simple voice commands.
Contextual Understanding: Search based on events, locations, or objects.
Task Assistance: Create trip highlights and suggest captions.
Google beats Apple in race to roll out major AI upgrade that lets users find photos in seconds with their voice alone.
GOOGLE has begun rolling out a new AI-powered feature to its Photos app that lets users search for images with just their voice.
The Ask Photos feature, which has been made available to both Android and iPhone owners through Google Photos, is the exact same as a top iOS 18 tool touted by Apple.
Apple is just days away from unveiling iOS 18, which will come jam-packed with the company’s new AI features.
So it appears Apple has been pipped to the post with its grand reveal.
The feature uses Google’s Gemini AI to understand natural language search, which allows users to ask their questions conversationally – and not in a stiff, scripted way for a voice assistant to understand.
Privacy Considerations
Google emphasizes that personal data within Google Photos is not used for advertising purposes. While some queries may be reviewed by humans to improve the feature, these instances are rare and are handled with strict privacy safeguards. Additionally, data used for such reviews is not linked to individual Google Accounts.
Availability
The “Ask Photos” feature is rolling out gradually, with early access available to select users in the United States as part of Google Labs. A broader release is expected in the coming months, with plans to expand to more languages and regions.
This development signifies a significant leap in AI-powered personal media management, offering users a more intuitive and efficient way to navigate their photo and video libraries.
