This is really cool, but is it really only for iOS? I have about 6 years worth of screenshot that I would love to be able to text search, but they are files on a Linux box rather than iOS.
Disclaimer: I work at Google, though not on this product.
Google Photos was a great product before Google Drive removed local photo sync. It's still fine for people with an online-first/only workflow (Chromebook users?), but is a sad shadow of its former self for 'traditional' PC users.
I used to use google photos, but got creeped away from it after I found it had been building facial profiles of I and the others most frequently in my pictures.
I actually used Google Photos before they screwed around with preventing hotlinking and forcing their frame.
I'm amazed at the ai based tagging but it's sooooooo far from actually useful for me. i know it's hard work and I have no clue how to make it better but I need to be able to make much more specific searches like "offices with posters of sailor moon" or "German shepards" or "white tennis shoes". I have 120k photos and a much as I'm amazed at the categorization it almost never actually helps me find the picture I'm looking for.
We’re currently testing a Mac version - for now it’s iOS only.