How to ask Google to search for your gallery photos to find them quickly

Sep 06, 2024 Poulami Saha

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The ‘Ask Photos’ feature was initially announced during Google’s I/O developer conference in May 2024

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Google introduces ‘Ask Photos’

The ‘Ask Photos’ feature is powered by Gemini AI, which is Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) model.

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With the ‘Ask Photos’ you can ask to look for a picture in your gallery just by a prompt

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In addition to this you can also ask to look for pictures on specific prompts.

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However, the ‘Ask Photos’ feature is in early access and will only be available to US users as part of Google Labs

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