Google Photos 'Memories' Feature Gets Boosted By AI

Google has announced some improvements to Google Photos during its Google I/O keynote, thanks to Machine Learning / AI. Google Photos has been offering the 'Memories' characteristic for a while now, but information technology will get much amend soon.

AI volition boost Google Photos 'Memories' feature, past a large margin

The visitor will utilize motorcar learning to practise a amend job at resurfacing photos. It volition go in a higher place and beyond resurfacing photos based on themes. It will be able to choice up on non-then-obvious visual patterns in your photos.

If Google Photos spots a set of three or more than photos that share things like shape or color, it will highlight those little patterns for you in your memories. Google even gave out an example.

One of the company'due south employees had quite a few images in which he had an orange haversack. It seems like he went backpacking with family / friends. Well, Google highlighted those pictures, and put them nether one retentivity, calling it "Adventures of the orangish backpack".

This feature will become available "afterwards this summer", said the company. That's all the availability information we got, no specific timeframe was shared.

Google Photos volition also be able to highlight memories of the moments you lot celebrate

Later on this year, Google will add some boosted features to Google Photos 'Memories'. It will be able to highlight memories of the moments yous gloat, such as Diwali, Lunar New year's day, Hanukkah, and then on.

These memories volition popular upwards as you gyre through your photo grid, along with the "Best of Month Memories" and "Trip highlights", which the company is starting to coil out today.

'Cinematic moments' are coming soon

Something called "Cinematic moments" is also coming to Google Photos. Then, if you capture several images that are almost the same, every bit we tend to do in order to get the perfect moving-picture show, Google volition be able to create something interesting with that.

It volition be able to apply neural networks to synthesize the movement between two well-nigh identical photos and fill in the gaps with new frames. That style, it will be able to create a moving image, or as the company calls information technology, "Cinematic moment".

Starting today, you lot'll be able to rename a Trip highlight as well, or remove information technology completely. Yous'll also be able to remove a unmarried photo from a Memory, remove Best of Month Memories and rename or remove Memories based on the moments you celebrate. That feature is coming presently, but we don't know when exactly.

'Locked Binder' characteristic will keep your private images away from the general feed

Last, merely non to the lowest degree, the visitor announced 'Locked Folder'. That is a passcode-protected space where yous can salve photos separately. That way, they won't evidence upwardly on your feed while you lot're scrolling, in order to avoid prying eyes. Locked Folder is coming to Pixels commencement.