


So in this post, we show you how to download everything from Google Photos and store it all on your computer! This is because even though saving things in the cloud saves on storage space, viewing them or sharing them with friends is not as convenient - especially if you don’t have the strongest internet connection. What is new, Google confirmed with us, is the ability to find them using more natural language like “my photos” and the use of computer-vision technology to try and better identify types of photos, such as those that are clearly recognizable landmarks.When everyone had access to free unlimited storage on Google Photos, it was a storage-saving dream! However, since the platform reduced its free storage space allowance to just 15GB, for many, it may make more sense to simply store them on your computer. Postscript: Yes, photos showing up in Google Search from your Google+ account isn’t new. We will update our post when we learn more. We are currently checking on how this differs from Search Plus Your World from last year. Here are more examples of Danny Sullivan’s photos, some that do work and some that do not work.īut then there are cases where nothing is returned: This works only when you are logged into your Google account and have photos and/or friend’s with photos in your circles.īing also has a similar feature where they integrate with Facebook to search friends photos via Bing Image search. Here is an example of Danny Sullivan’s sunset photos:

Note, Google explains that they use “computer vision and machine learning to help recognize more general concepts in your photos such as sunsets, food and flowers.” So this appears like it will get better over time, as it is used more and more by searchers. You can even search for your friend’s photos such as or. Google now lets you search your private photos and the photos your friends on Google+ share with you.Īll you need to do is search on Google for keywords such as or to bring up matching photos.
