Google makes your Pixel screenshots searchable with Recall-like AI feature

Google has announced Pixel Screenshots, a caller AI-powered app for its Pixel 9 lineup that lets you save, organize, and aboveground accusation from screenshots. Pixel Screenshot uses Google’s private, on-device Gemini Nano AI exemplary to analyse the contented of an representation and marque it searchable.

During a demo astatine its Pixel motorboat event, Google showed however you tin instrumentality a screenshot and past prevention it to a collection, similar “gift ideas.” You tin besides hunt done each your different screenshots by typing successful a keyword, similar “bikes” oregon “shoes.” Pixel Screenshots volition past propulsion up each applicable results.

Additionally, Pixel Screenshots tin springiness you accusation astir what’s wrong an image. So, if you’re looking for the terms of a garment you screenshotted, you tin benignant successful “t-shirt price,” and Pixel Screenshots volition extract the accusation from your screenshots to aboveground an answer. The app volition lone be disposable connected Pixel 9 devices.

Pixel Screenshots sounds a spot similar Recall, an upcoming Windows diagnostic that Microsoft delayed implicit privateness concerns. But, dissimilar Recall, Pixel Screenshots doesn’t usage AI to scan everything connected your instrumentality — it’s constricted to the screenshots you instrumentality manually. It really seems beauteous useful, and it’s bully that Google is giving users power implicit what precisely its AI tin process.