Find any old family moment in your photos by just asking
Ask what costumes you've worn on Halloween and it finds every year's costume photo without any tags or albums.
Published . Steps as of October 2026.
How do I find old photos by describing them in plain words?
Open Google Photos, tap Ask Photos and type your question the way you'd ask a person, for example which costumes you've worn on Halloween, as of October 2026. It suits families with years of untagged pictures who want one occasion pulled together fast. If Ask Photos isn't in your country yet, the regular search bar still finds photos by simple words like a place or a thing.
A picture made with AI to show the idea.
Your prompt
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The prompt that gets copied
Find the photos from every [THE OCCASION, e.g. Halloween] in my library and show me what [WHO OR WHAT, e.g. the kids dressed up as] each year. Put them in order from oldest to newest and tell me the year for each one. If a year is missing or I can't tell what's in a photo, say so. Then pick the one best photo from each year, the clearest and happiest one, so I can make a collage of them to send to [WHO TO SHARE WITH, e.g. the grandparents].
Type a plain question into Ask Photos in Google Photos, like which Halloween costumes you've worn, and it pulls up the matching memories from years of pictures. Then make a collage of the best ones.
Step by step
- Open the Google Photos app and tap Ask Photos
- Paste the question below and fill in the brackets
- Tap the photos it finds to check the dates
- Pick your favorites and make a collage to share with family
What you'll get
Your matching photos pulled from years of pictures, in order by year, with one best pick per year ready for a collage.
Ask Photos is in the Google Photos app and is only for eligible users in select countries.
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