The incoming slate of Pixel 9 phones and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold will be up to their gills in AI features . Of all the Magic Editor and Gemini mumbo jumbo, the one AI capability that stood out is a mere app to store your screenshots. Pixel Screenshots is a Google phone-exclusive application that will let you search through your screengrabs with some AI assistance.
After watching it in action, I see it as a simplified version of Microsoft’s maligned Recall feature , and so much for the better. My screenshots are like barnacles adhered all over my organized Google Photos app. I take screen grabs as a catch-all for events, notes, and receipts I need to remember.
I could remove them from Photos, but that would mean I might miss out on something I’ll need later. Pixel Screenshots solves this issue by offering a specific app to search through my screen grabs. The feature uses Gemini Nano to identify text and comprehend images in the app.
If I ask it to search for how much my friend owes me in drinks from last night, it should be able to pull up that info. Google told Gizmodo the entire process works on-device and doesn’t require any cloud-based work. Every time you take a screenshot, the app generates a title and summary for the image.
You could add a note to the screenshot to help the AI-enhanced search find your content. Best of all, you can create categories for your various screenshots. What Makes Pixel Screenshots Different from Microsoft’s Recall? When Microsoft shared d.