In addition to a flurry of AI-related announcements at the I/O 2024 event, Google has announced the ‘Ask Photos’ AI feature, which brings multiple AI capabilities based on the arguably capable AI model, i.e., Gemini. Google Photos already has AI capabilities for easier search.
Google Photos Gets Gemini
Google reveals that the “Ask Photos” feature will be gradually rolled out to users worldwide in the upcoming months. The Gemini AI model integration will help users look for a specific memory easily. Here’s what Google Photos can now do with Gemini.
Find the Right Content More Intuitively
Google Photos has been one of the most popular imaging cloud services for people to store their images to free up their device storage. The Ask Photos feature will allow users to find an uploaded photo using a casual sentence.
For instance, if you type “Show me the best photos from the Manali trip,” the app will show all the photos from that trip, hence, saving the time required to scroll over the images from all those destinations.
Ask Questions to Get Helpful Answers
Google Photos will learn information from the images uploaded and you can retrieve information from these images with the help of Gemini models. Google adds that the AI will understand the subjects or backgrounds to give the users an answer.
Get More Help with Tasks Beyond Search
The Gemini AI models will help you create a highlight of the images uploaded to Google Photos without any manual intervention. Once the command is requested in Ask Photos, the Gemini AI model will create a highlight with the best snaps.
The Ask Photos will perform a sophisticated query on your behalf once the query is received. The multimodal capabilities of Gemini will help Ask Photos display accurate results in a shorter time. Google has also increased the privacy of the images and videos uploaded to the cloud service.
How Does Ask Photos Work?
Google has revealed that the ‘Ask Photos’ feature uses Gemini to understand the question and make a plan to provide answers based on the keywords. It then analyses the search results and picks the most relevant ones to present. Gemini’s multimodal capabilities properly examine the photos and even read the text in them.
Google’s Ask Photos ensures user’s security and privacy and doesn’t use personal data for ads. It is also ensured the answers safe and appropriate. Although, it’s still an experimental feature and therefore, can falter in some areas.
