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Time of India
30-06-2025
- Time of India
Google Photos adds HDR editing powered by machine learning
Google has announced that it has added HDR editing to Google Photos. The addition of HDR editing tools will allow users to preserve HDR detail and metadata while making changes with the help of machine learning-based photo editing tools . 'We've made improvements to how images are edited in High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Standard Dynamic Range (SDR). Now, HDR photos can keep their full dynamic range and crucial HDR metadata even after editing with features like Photo Unblur, Magic Eraser, and Portrait Light. This means your edited photos will maintain their contrast and highlights to always look their best,' said the company. Changes coming to Google Photos - HDR editing with machine-leaning tools: With the feature the Photos taken in HDR will now maintain the full image depth and metadata even after editing. - New 'Ultra HDR' Tool: This tool will enable users to fine-tune the brightness of the image. This will also preserve the HDR quality of the image and will offer more control to the user. - Renamed tool: Google has now renamed the 'HDR' editing option as 'Tone'. The tool will help with photo adjustments. - SDR to HDR enhancement : With this users can now upgrade standard dynamic range of photo to HDR. This will enhance the brightness, depth and clarity of the image. Google Photos AI search feature Ask Photos is back Google has restarted the rollout of its AI-powered Ask Photos feature after pausing it earlier this month due to performance issues. The search tool, which lets users find images using natural language queries, now combines traditional search with AI processing to deliver faster results. The company temporarily halted Ask Photos deployment in early June when users complained about slow response times and interface problems. Google Photos Product Manager Jamie Aspinall admitted the feature wasn't meeting expectations "in terms of latency, quality and UX." AI Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
Time of India
27-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Google Photos AI search feature Ask Photos is back and much quicker
Google has restarted the rollout of its AI-powered Ask Photos feature after pausing it earlier this month due to performance issues. The search tool, which lets users find images using natural language queries , now combines traditional search with AI processing to deliver faster results. The company temporarily halted Ask Photos deployment in early June when users complained about slow response times and interface problems. Google Photos Product Manager Jamie Aspinall admitted the feature wasn't meeting expectations "in terms of latency, quality and UX." Smart hybrid approach tackles speed concerns The revamped Ask Photos now shows immediate results from Google's classic search while Gemini AI models work behind the scenes on more complex queries. When you search for something simple like "dogs" or "beach," you'll see a grid of relevant photos right away. Meanwhile, the AI continues processing to provide more nuanced results, which appear once ready. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 골반필러고민?5분투자하고50만원아끼세요 뽕브라몰 Undo This hybrid approach addresses one of users' biggest gripes with the original version, waiting around while the AI "thinks" about your request. The feature can handle both straightforward searches and complex questions like "suggest photos that'd make great phone backgrounds" or "what did I eat on my trip to Barcelona?" Gradual expansion continues across the US Ask Photos is now rolling out to more eligible Google Photos users nationwide, though Google appears to be taking a cautious approach with the expanded release. To access the feature, users must be at least 18 years old, located in the US, have their Google Account language set to English, and enable the Face Groups feature that identifies people and pets in photos. First announced at Google I/O 2024, Ask Photos represents Google's vision for making photo libraries more searchable and useful through conversational AI. The feature can uncover information users might not realize their photos contain, like license plate numbers or specific restaurant visits from past birthdays. AI Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
Android Authority
26-06-2025
- Android Authority
Google's new and improved Ask Photos is back on track — and rolling out now!
Google I/O TL;DR Ask Photos is a Google Photos feature designed to answer questions about the contents of your photo library. While announced at Google I/O 2024, access over the past year has been extremely limited. Earlier this month we heard the rollout was paused while Google worked to address a few issues, but today it's back on track. Over the past couple years, AI has been changing the way we do lots of things, and while there is absolutely no shortage of controversial uses of the tech, there are also some places where employing it just makes all the sense in the world. Back at I/O 2024, Google announced one of those really clever-sounding use cases, with Ask Photos for Google Photos promising to make your gigantic archive of pics actually useful by letting you search through it using natural language. After a very bumpy year, it finally sounds like Ask Photos is now ready to live up to its potential. Following that introduction, we caught an early look at Ask Photos last summer, but even by the time fall rolled around access was still extremely limited, with Google only testing Ask Photos with a small group of users. By 2025, it was starting to become clear that something was wrong, and earlier this month, Google Photos Product Manager Jamie Aspinall confirmed that the rollout of Ask Photos has been paused. Aspinall was surprisingly candid about the struggles the service faced, admitting failures 'in terms of latency, quality and ux.' While that was unfortunate to hear, he also teased that a much-improved iteration of Ask Photos was just around the corner. While Aspinall predicted we'd see Ask Photos make its return in about two weeks, it's been just over three now, and today Google confirms that Ask Photos is back on track. As of now, access is expanding beyond those early testers, and Google says that 'more' eligible Photos users in the US should be getting access. That suggest to us that Google's still being a little cautious with deployment, but hopefully everyone who's interested gets a chance to try it soon. To be eligible to use Ask Photos you need to be an English-speaking user in the US who has Face Groups toggled on. We also hear about some new functionality, and it sounds like Google cooked this up specifically to address some of the speed concerns we'd seen expressed about Ask Photos earlier. The app's basically combining classic search with this Gemini-powered upgrade to initially surface some broadly relevant results, while Gemini continues to crunch your query in the background. That means you get to see at least some pics straight away, rather than feeling like you're waiting forever on Ask Photos. Once you're able to give it a try for yourself, let us know in the comments if this was worth waiting for. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Yahoo
Google Photos merges classic search with AI to speed up results
After Google temporarily paused the rollout of its buggy AI-powered 'Ask Photos' feature in Google Photos, the company announced that it has improved the feature's ability to quickly return search results. The AI feature, first introduced at Google's I/O developer conference last year, allows users to search across their collection of digital photos using natural language queries. Leveraging Google's Gemini, Ask Photos taps into the AI's ability to understand a photo's content and its other metadata when responding to input. However, users complained the AI feature wasn't reliable and was often slow to respond while the AI was 'thinking.' Addressing these concerns, Google Photos product manager Jamie Aspinall wrote on X earlier in June that 'Ask Photos isn't where it needs to be, in terms of latency, quality and ux,' and noted the rollout would be paused for a couple of weeks while Google worked to bring back the 'speed and recall of the original search.' In a short blog post published on Thursday, Google says it's bringing the best of Photos' classic search feature into Ask Photos, particularly for simple searches like 'beach' or 'dogs.' This allows the search results to display more quickly, as classic search did before. The AI, in the meantime, will work in the background to find the most relevant photos and work to answer more complex queries. For instance, if you search for a photo of a 'white dog,' a series of initial search results immediately appear. After the AI finishes its analysis, its results will appear below, along with some introductory text that may identify your dog by name, if you've added it, and tell you when photos of the animal first appeared. The interface still allows you to switch to classic search if you prefer. As a result of these changes, Google has now resumed the rollout of Ask Photos to more people across the U.S. To be eligible to use Ask Photos, you must be 18 or older, and your account language must be set to English. You must also enable Face Groups, the feature that labels the people and pets found in the Google Photos library.
TechCrunch
26-06-2025
- TechCrunch
Google Photos merges classic search with AI to speed up results
After Google temporarily paused the rollout of its buggy AI-powered 'Ask Photos' feature in Google Photos, the company announced that it has improved the feature's ability to quickly return search results. The AI feature, first introduced at Google's I/O developer conference last year, allows users to search across their collection of digital photos using natural language queries. Leveraging Google's Gemini, Ask Photos taps into the AI's ability to understand a photo's content and its other metadata when responding to input. However, users complained the AI feature wasn't reliable and was often slow to respond while the AI was 'thinking.' Addressing these concerns, Google Photos product manager Jamie Aspinall wrote on X earlier in June that 'Ask Photos isn't where it needs to be, in terms of latency, quality and ux,' and noted the rollout would be paused for a couple of weeks while Google worked to bring back the 'speed and recall of the original search.' Screenshot In a short blog post published on Thursday, Google says it's bringing the best of Photos' classic search feature into Ask Photos, particularly for simple searches like 'beach' or 'dogs.' This allows the search results to display more quickly, as classic search did before. The AI, in the meantime, will work in the background to find the most relevant photos and work to answer more complex queries. For instance, if you search for a photo of a 'white dog,' a series of initial search results immediately appear. After the AI finishes its analysis, its results will appear below, along with some introductory text that may identify your dog by name, if you've added it, and tell you when photos of the animal first appeared. The interface still allows you to switch to classic search if you prefer. As a result of these changes, Google has now resumed the rollout of Ask Photos to more people across the U.S. To be eligible to use Ask Photos, you must be 18 or older, and your account language must be set to English. You must also enable Face Groups, the feature that labels the people and pets found in the Google Photos library.
