You can search for specific photos, videos, memories and more, or recall information directly from your photo gallery with the Google Photos app in Gemini Apps.
Important:You can still upload photos to your prompts, even if the Google Photos app isn’t connected. Learn how to upload photos in Gemini Apps .
Tip:If you’re in the US and have a Google AI plan, you also get personalized Gemini experiences based on your data from Google Photos when you connect the Google Photos app. Learn more about personalization based on Connected Apps .
What you need
To connect Google Photos to Gemini Apps, you need to:
- Be 18 or over and in the US.This feature isn’t available in all regions.
- Sign in to the Gemini app with a personal Google Account.This feature isn’t available if you sign in to a work, school, or supervised Google Account. Learn how to sign in to Gemini Apps .
- Have these Google Photos settings
turned on:
- Face Groupsand select which face is yours. Learn how to turn on Face Groups and how to select your face group .
- Estimate missing locations. Learn how to turn on Estimate missing locations .
- Have Keep Activity on.Gemini can’t connect to Google Photos when this setting is off.
Important:
- The Google Photos app isn’t available in Gemini in Chrome or in Live chats.
- For now, the Google Photos app works with prompts in English only.
Connect Google Photos to Gemini Apps
- On your computer, go to gemini.google.com .
- Make sure you’re signed in to the same account you use with Google Photos.
- Ask the Gemini app to find a photo in your Google Photos library.
- Tip:Include
@Google Photosormy photosin your prompt to make sure it uses the Google Photos app.
- Tip:Include
- If you haven’t connected Gemini Apps to Google Photos and you’re eligible, you’ll get the option to connect it.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
Ask for your photos & videos or about them
Find photos, videos & albumsYou can find photos, videos, and albums based on:
- Your face groups or relationships you’ve saved in Photos
- Location or date the photo or video was taken
- Description of what’s in the photo or video
- Your current chat with Gemini
Example prompts:
- Find my photos of Alex
- Show my photos from last summer
- Show me recent selfies
- Show my photos from my most recent trip
- Find my photos of landscapes
You can ask for important details found in your photos and videos such as:
- @Google Photos what themes have we had for Lena’s birthday parties?
- @Google Photos what did we eat at the hotel in Stanly?
- @Google Photos what were some of the things we ate in Mexico City?
- @Google Photos what are the top 10 things we saw on our last trip?
- @Google Photos what’s my driver’s license number?
Do more with your photos & videos
With photos and videos that the Gemini app gets from Google Photos, you can:
- Click a photo to open a larger version of it in Google Photos.
- Click a video to open and play it in Google Photos.
- Click an album to open it in Google Photos.
Important:If Gemini’s response includes photos or videos retrieved from Google Photos, the share or export features only work with the text portion of the response and photos and videos aren't included.
What Gemini can’t do with the Google Photos app
- Use Google Photos editing features
- Add labels, like names or locations, to your photos in Google Photos
- Create new albums or edit existing ones in Google Photos
About your data
Learn more about how your data is handled when Gemini works with Connected Apps .
