Ask Photos in Google Photos was so slow, Google had to hit pause while it fixes performance

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google has paused the rollout of Ask Photos “at very small numbers.” Latency, quality, and user experience are listed as key issues. You can now use quotation marks in the Photos app to find exact text matches. Ask Photos, an AI-powered search tool built for Google Photos, was first introduced last year. Google had been slowly rolling out the experimental feature to the app, but the rollout has now been paused. It appears the feature is not living up to the company’s expectations quite yet. In response to criticism on X (formerly Twitter), the Product Manager for Google Photos, Jamie Aspinall, stated that Google has paused the rollout of Ask Photos “at very small numbers.” According to Aspinall, there are three key problems that need to be addressed: latency, quality, and the UX. I hear you both. Ask Photos isn’t where it needs to be, in terms of latency, quality and ux. Rollout has been paused at very small numbers while we address these issu ... Read full article.