At I/O 2024, Google CEO Sundar Pichai introduced a new feature that will take Google Photos’ already impressive search capabilities to the next level: Ask Photos. Available this summer, Ask Photos will use artificial intelligence to connect the dots for more complex requests, making it easier to understand what you’re looking for.
What does Ask Photos do and how does it work?
“What’s my license plate?” Pichai asked the app during the on-stage demonstration. Currently, searching for a license plate requires scrolling through photos of many different cars. But Ask Photos figured out which vehicle was meant based on location, the number of times the license plate has appeared in photos over the years, and other data, and presented the actual license plate number along with a text response and a confirming image.
“Ask Photos can also help you search deeper into your memories,” Pichai said, telling the app to “show Lucia’s progress in swimming.” Gemini then created a large collection of photos summarizing years of a child’s swimming lessons.
Pichai said Ask Photos will come to Google Photos this summer and that “more capabilities are on the way.” To illustrate how important the service has become to millions of people, the Google CEO said Photos has received 6 billion photo and video uploads a day since it launched “almost 9 years ago.”
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Ask Photos will improve the user experience of Google Photos, making it easier and more meaningful to discover memories.
