You can search for a specific memory or recall information directly from your photo gallery with the Google Photos app in the Gemini mobile app.
What you need
- Android phone or tablet.
- The Gemini mobile app, including as your mobile assistant. Learn more about the Gemini mobile app
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- The Google Photos app isn’t available in Gemini in Google Messages.
- The Google Photos app. Get it on Google Play .
- A personal Google Account that you manage on your own.
- You can’t connect Google Photos to Gemini Apps while signed in to a work or school Google Account.
- Keep Activity
on .
- The Google Photos app is only available when Keep Activity is on.
Important:
- We’re releasing this feature gradually to a select group of invited users. You may not have access.
- For now, the Google Photos app works with prompts in English only.
- For now, the Google Photos app is available only to users 18 and over and in the United States
- This feature isn’t available in all regions.
- Connected apps work in the same way for both spoken and typed prompts.
- On Android mobile devices, if "Hey Google" doesn’t work, check if “Hey Google” and Voice Match are set up .
Connect Google Photos to Gemini Apps
- Open the Gemini mobile app
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- 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.
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Tip:Include
@Google Photosormy photosin your prompt to make sure it uses the Google Photos app.
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- If you haven’t connected Gemini Apps to Google Photos and you’re eligible, you’ll get the option to connect it.
- Tip:If you’re eligible but haven’t opted in to Ask Photos, you’ll get the option to opt-in and set it up. Learn how to use Ask Photos .
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
Ask for your photos or about them
Find photos & videosYou can find photos based on:
- Your face groups or relationships you’ve saved in Photos
- Location or date the photo was taken
- Description of what’s in the photo
- Your current conversation with the Gemini mobile app
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 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
With photos that the Gemini app gets from Google Photos, you can:
- Tap a photo to open a larger version of it in Google Photos.
- Tap an album to open it in Google Photos.
- Drag and drop a photo from the Gemini on-screen overlay into another app.
- This feature is available on Android phones and tablets only. You can only drag and drop one image.
Important:If Gemini’s response includes photos retrieved from Google Photos, the share or export features only work with the text portion of the response and photos aren't included.
What Gemini can’t do with the Google Photos app
- Edit your photos or create collages
- Add labels, like names, to your photos in your Photos app
- Create new albums or edit existing ones
About your data
Your Gemini Apps data is processed according to the Gemini Apps Privacy Notice . Learn more about your data that Gemini shares with connected apps and what happens with your data that Gemini Apps gets from connected apps .
For info about your data related to Ask Photos , review the Gemini features in Photos privacy hub .
