US EditionGoogle Hits Pause on AI-Powered 'Ask Photos' After User Complaints
- As of June 2025, Google has temporarily halted the gradual release of its AI-driven Ask Photos feature for Google Photos to resolve ongoing performance problems.
- The pause follows ongoing problems with latency, quality, and missed photos that made the feature unreliable during its official rollout since October 2024.
- Product manager Jamie Aspinall stated that the rollout has been temporarily limited to a small group as Google works to enhance the feature's speed, recall, and overall user experience.
- Senior editor Sabrina Ortiz had earlier noted that Ask Photos was slow and limited in capability, though it showed promise for conversational photo search.
- Google plans to release an improved Ask Photos version in about two weeks, aiming to restore original search speed and reliability amid growing AI competition.
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Google Halts Rollout of Another AI-Powered Feature
Google has partially paused the rollout of its Gemini-powered “Ask Photos” feature in Google Photos, which lets users search images using conversational phrases like “Alice and me laughing.” Reason for the Pause and Planned Improvements The feature, first announced at last year’s Google I/O, began reaching select Android and iOS users in September. However, Google Photos product manager Jamie Aspinall said the rollout was paused at a small scale…
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