One of the best features of Google Photos is the app’s ability to show old photos as a “Memory,” but...

One of the best features of Google Photos is the app’s ability to show old photos as a “Memory,” but sometimes showing a specific person isn’t what you want. Now, Google Photos is preparing to make it easier to hide someone’s face from Memories.

  • essteeyou@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    7 months ago

    Fucking finally. I got one of those Google Home devices for free a few years ago, stuck it in the kitchen, and set the screensaver to be pictures of me, my wife, our son, or our dog. Every chance it got it picked a photo of me with an ex-girlfriend, which is definitely not what you want in your kitchen.

    In the end I just set it to pictures of our son or our dog to be safe, because Google just flat out wouldn’t let me choose people not to see.

    I don’t want to delete all the pictures of me with my ex-girlfriends because some of them are the only photos I’ve got from specific places.

    • HiddenLychee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      7 months ago

      My phone also exclusively recommends pictures of me and my ex partner. The icon on my home screen is always her, every time I open the app at the top it shows “memories” albums of just pictures of her, etc. It already compiles photos of her face, why can’t I just select “don’t show this again” or something?

    • kyle@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      I’m not sure if it affects the Google Home device, but it’s definitely possible to block certain people already. I did that on my phone because it kept showing things with my ex.