A recent APK teardown revealed that Google aims to improve Google Photos' Memories feature with the help of Google Gemini

If you have never used Google Photos, you may not be familiar with the Memories feature Memories is very simple: it collects multiple images from your library and shows them in a slideshow For example, the photos from Christmas one year But they may seem a bit impersonal But that may soon change, as a recent APK teardown by Android Authority revealed a fascinating addition

A line of code found in Google Photos indicates that Gemini will be used to create re-recordings, but more importantly, it appears that AI will be able to narrate as well Thankfully, it appears that this feature can be turned on or off, and users can choose whether or not they want narration It will be interesting to see if this same feature will be included in all images generated by Google Gemini or only those captured with the camera

The main question we have is what these recaps will actually look like and which voices will be used; AI voice generation has improved significantly in recent years, and Microsoft has released some compelling ones as far as we are concerned It will therefore be interesting to see how many options there are for voice

The larger question, however, is where Gemini will get the information for narration It is possible that data could be collected from the images themselves or pulled from other Google services, but this is only speculation at this point

This is not the only change to Google Photos, Google recently announced that it will allow users more control over the memories they actually see Google had previously introduced an option to prevent certain things from appearing in memories, but it was limited The recent change allows users to limit the amount of certain people and places they see, rather than removing them entirely

According to the code, Gemini's reminiscence narration is on track for a December release Of course, if you feel that this new feature is a deal-breaker, here is a breakdown of the best alternatives to Google Photos to help you choose another service