During Google I/O, Google announced a feature called “Ask Photos.” Now, the folks at Android Authority have discovered that a Google Photos extension for Gemini is in the works, and this extension seems to be related to this feature.
Hints about this feature were buried deep in the code of the Google app’s beta version 15.33.36.29.arm64. More specifically, the code mentions an “Ask Photos” extension for Google’s generative AI assistant Gemini.
In the code, Gemini is referred to by his code name “Robin” and the code mentions “Assistant_Robin_Action_asks_photos“. This could mean that we are talking about the Ask Photos feature for the Google Photos app.
As a reminder, the Ask Photos feature lets you interact with your photo library using natural language searches. Gemini could search your photos when you ask something like “What’s my license plate?” The feature could also organize and share photos on your behalf.
At the moment, the extension seems to be in early development, so don’t expect it to appear anytime soon. Perhaps we’ll get more hints about it in the future. Personally, I think such an extension could be helpful, and the feature seems very useful in general.
Especially if you have a lot of photos like I do, searching for something specific can be tedious. An AI assistant that looks for something specific in the stacks of selfies is actually something I would love to use.
