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Title: Google has 'paused' the Ask Photos rollout

Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2025 18:24:09 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-has-paused...

If you're still waiting on access to Google's AI-driven Ask Photos feature,
you'll need to hold tight a little longer. Jamie Aspinall, a product manager
for Google Photos, chimed in to a conversation on X to address some
complaints about the feature. "Ask Photos isn't where it needs to be, in
terms of latency, quality and ux," Aspinall wrote. He said the rollout was
being paused "at very small numbers" and that a new version of Ask Photos is
slated to ship in about two weeks.

I hear you both. Ask Photos isn't where it needs to be, in terms of latency,
quality and ux. Rollout has been paused at very small numbers while we
address these issues. In ~2 weeks we'll ship an improved version that brings
back the speed and recall of the original search

ΓÇö Jamieasp (@jamieasp) June 3, 2025

Ask Photos was introduced at last year's I/O conference and began select
early access availability in September. The feature uses the Gemini AI
chatbot to find images from a photo library based on natural language
queries.

As with so many tech giants, Google's implementation of AI-powered features
to its services has hit several snags. The AI Overviews feature in search had
a notoriously bad introduction to users and its image-generation tool offered
some baffling results at launch. Google has also seen critiques from former
leaders and current employees about its approach to artificial intelligence.

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