Google delays rollout of its ‘Ask Photos' AI search feature
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Google is delaying the rollout of its 'Ask Photos' feature for about two weeks, Google Photos product manager Jamie Aspinall wrote on X.
According to Aspinall, the product isn't up to par when it comes to latency, quality, and user experience. While some users have access to the feature now, he said that a new version will be shipped in about two weeks, which will aim to correct these issues.
Google first announced the Ask Photos feature last year at its annual Google I/O developer conference. With the help of Google's Gemini AI model, Ask Photos allows users to search their Google Photos libraries using natural language prompts.
A user could ask, for example, for a sample of one great photo from each of their visits to a National Park.
one of my favorite examples of Ask Photos@googlephotos pic.twitter.com/vaIXXczSKj — Jamieasp (@jamieasp) May 14, 2024
Google did not respond to a request for comment before publication.
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