After previewing last month, the Google Photos app/Extension/integration is now rolling out to the Gemini app on Android.
This Google Photos app, or Extension, has two components. The first lets you find your backed up images and videos 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 include, with both @Google Photos and “my photos” triggering the integration:
- 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
The second aspect lets you find “ask for important details found in your photos,” which is similar to the standalone Ask Photos functionality in Google Photos:
- @Google Photos what themes have we had for Lena’s birthday parties?
- what did we eat at the hotel in Stanly?
- what were some of the things we ate in Mexico City?
- what are the top 10 things we saw on our last trip?
- what’s my driver’s license number?
Tapping an image or album result opens the Google Photos app, while you can tap “Show more” inline to view additional results.
To enable, go to the Gemini app > top-right corner profile menu > Apps > scroll to Media > Google Photos. It appears alongside Spotify, YouTube, and YouTube Music, while a small tweak today introduced a more detailed Google Workspace card that better explains what you can do with Gmail, Google Calendar, etc.
The Google Photos app is rolling out “gradually to a select group of invited users.” We’re seeing it just on Android today in the US.
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