Searching from within Google Photos could be about to get a lot easier.
, its name is hardly descriptive of what it does. A button clearly marked ‘Search’, on the other hand, would be the obvious place to tap when you want to find something.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
As detailed in the report, some people are already seeing the new search button at the bottom of their screens and discovering a few changes in how search works within the Android app. Tapping Search will, for example, automatically detect faces in the current photo and highlight them so you can find other photos of the same person with a single tap.
Google Photos has always been able to search for faces in this way, but the method of doing so is essentially hidden from those who don’t know about the swipe-up gesture or how to use the ‘three-dots’ option menu at the top right. Google Lens functions are still available with the new layout but have now become part of search. This means tapping the Search button first and then triggering the Lens feature afterward by tapping on objects within the current image. While this may inconvenience seasoned Lens users slightly, I’d argue that basic search is far more deserving of its own button, and those clever enough to use Lens will adapt easily enough.
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