Tech Desk 
Sep 21, 2024
Google has started rolling out an update for its Photos app to fix a bug affecting the image search feature. The cloud storage app allows users to search for specific pictures by typing in context, such as names, locations, text within photos, or even by describing an event.
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Google Photos fixes image search feature
With its recently unveiled Ask Photos feature, the Photos app got a major upgrade, allowing users to add more context to their searches for finding more specific content.
Following the release, the feature started to roll out earlier this month; however, within a few days of its release, search within Google Photos stopped working properly.
Many Google Photos users complained that the search feature failed to show the results. In some cases where it did function, it showed results that had nothing to do with the given search prompt.
Some users also reported that the feature broke between the release of Google Photos 6.93.0.657009179 and version 6.95.0.663027175.
Though the bug didn’t affect a huge fraction of users but those who were impacted were unable to use the search feature for approximately 20 days.
Update Google Photos app to restore image search feature
"You helped us identify a bug where no search results were being returned for a small set of Android users. We've fixed that and now search should work as expected," Google stated in its latest community update.
The search giant has asked users to update to the latest Google Photos app version 7.0.0.674947721 to restore the image search feature
