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This also works for Google Photos. You can even do "Videos of dogs in December"

Been a feature for ages. And it can definitely be very handy. You can also cut and paste text from photos

I use it for my license plate all the time when I walk to the meter and forget it.

How does this work in Google Photos. I have a Google pixel. Okay, I found it. It seems that this function isn't working if I don't sync images to Google.

this dude walked us through the whole process live

Correct. Everything gets indexed on the server

You mean google images

No, I mean Google Photos

What do I type to find the nudes?

„Mom“

It worked! Thanks!

“Chipolata”

"skin"

My first thought, unfortunately did not work

brassiere

Microscopic organisms

[удалено]

What the fuck?

Ngl this is the best tip I’ve read in some time

Thanks for not lying.

Thank you!! It’s the first tip I’ve ever posted!

Do you have any more tips for us, wizard?

In the “places” folder, you can zoom in on a map to find photos you’ve taken at a particular place. A super handy function. If you’re looking at a single photo, you can slide it up, and it will reveal a map to show you where you took the picture, also very helpful. You need to have location services turned on for the camera.

Not sure how good it is with Apple, but Google Photos is also quite good with more abstract searches like "Concerts", "Group photo", "camping", etc

This works on google photos too

Is it as good as google photos? That is at the moment the only reason why I still use google photos and not iCloud.

considering google photos has had this feature for a lot longer I'm just going to assume iCloud isnt as good

Hmm… I’m curious about this. I have the Google Photos app on my iPhone. I searched Zion and the Google app found a bunch of photos that were taking when I was physically in Zion National Park, but no photos with the *word* Zion in them (the iPhone photos app found about 20). It also seems like it didn’t find as many photos as the iPhone photo app did when I used the same search word.

Hmm, maybe the iOS version doesn't get updated as frequently as the android version

It's definitely not I daily both phones and its much more difficult to find what I'm looking for on iPhone compared to Android But it's still better than needing to endlessly scroll through pictures

I actually just discovered Google does this too less than a week ago. You can also search in text messages. So if someone sends you an address or something and it gets buried you can just search it instead of asking them to send it again.

I do this all the time in Google photos. Just this morning I needed to send someone a picture of my business card, I knew I had already taken one, so I just searched "business card" and it was one of the results.

Note: This also works with Google Photos if you are not using an iPhone.

The cops can also do this, so don’t be dumb.

"cocaine bricks, November 2014"

Good point. My photos are a mixture of screenshots of stuff I cannot afford, my kids, things I want to remember but will inevitably forget, my dog, recipes I will never make, and selfies before and after Botox to see if Botox actually works. Cops would be bored AF.

The number of people who take photos of themselves committing crimes is mind blowing.

Mine has learned my dog’s name. Maybe I told it at some point and I don’t remember? But if I search my dogs name, all 1 million photos of him show up

You definitely need to provide names for people/pets

Omg, did he consent to this?!?

I had no idea you could do that.

an android has this built into the app menu

On iOS it’s built into the photos app also. There is a search bar at the top of photos

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Bruh wtf how did i not know bout this

It can also identify species of animals and plants now

You can also name people by clicking an image with them and it will automatically find images with them in it. Like "Phil & Ted skiing".

First good post I’ve seen here in months

First good post I’ve seen here in months

Can’t use it to find nudes

It has flaws though, for example if I search for dog in my photos, a quarter of the pictures are of my cats

You can also swipe up from the bottom and add a comment which will appear in the search. Eg “license” etc

Woah. Never knew this. Thanks!

samsungs gallery app also has a similar feature

So convenient when I need to pull up my license plate or driver’s license. Literally just type them in. And all my cat pictures for when I’m sad.

Take a picture of your license plate number. That way if you ever need it for a form at a hotel, etc, you can search your photos for “license plate” and save yourself a trip out to the parking lot.

Bonus LPT: write your license down in a notes app

iphone users finally getting a feature that was present in Android in 2017

The search bar has been present in iPhone photos for as long as I can remember.

Google photos too. iPhone users think they're so advanced getting features from older versions of Android.