Google Pixel's New Screenshot App: A Game-Changer for User Experience

Pixel Screenshots is one of the Pixel 9's best AI features -- here's how it works

Pixel Screenshots on the Google Pixel 9 series is a one-stop shop to find everything you've captured. But more than that, it lets you index screenshots, search for them, annotate them and set reminders to take any necessary actions, with AI there to help you remember and rediscover everything that you've screen-grabbed. Pixel Screenshots is exclusive to the Pixel 9 series, but we hope that it'll be made backward compatible with older Pixel phones. And perhaps other phone makers will steal the idea for their own future devices. If you need a quick reminder on how to take a screenshot on Android, we have a guide on that. But otherwise let's press on with how to use Pixel Screenshots. Once set, you can check your set reminders by tapping the bell icon in the top left corner of the main menu, or look through them at the top of the app's interface. If you want to get rid of a screenshot, tap the three dots in the top right and select delete. This removes the screenshot from your phone completely, not just from the Pixel Screenshots app, so be careful. From the main menu, you can see your current Collections toward the top of the screen. Tap one to open it and view its images, or to add a new one. You can alternatively tap the arrow by the Collections heading to show all available collections. This is but one of the Google Pixel 9's unique tricks. And we can show you more if you like. You can use our guide on how to use Reimagine on Pixel 9 to learn how to edit images with the help of generative AI, or use Pixel 9 Add Me to include yourself in photos you'd otherwise miss out on appearing in. And don't forget that the Pixel 9 Pro models feature a temperature sensor just like the Pixel 8 Pro did, so you can measure your body temperature with a Google Pixel with ease.

How to Use the Google Pixel Screenshots App

Currently, the AI feature is only available on the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold. Recently, the Google Pixel 9 series went official and brought with it a bunch of AI features. However, the new Pixel Screenshots app stood out rather easily. This new Gemini Nano-powered on-device AI app can parse your Pixel's massive screenshot library like it's nothing and lets you search through it using text and voice. How do you use the Pixel Screenshots app though? Let's find out! This latest AI feature works using the Pixel Screenshots app on Pixel 9 phones. So, follow the step-by-step process below to learn how to use the app: And just like that, you can easily find screenshots with the Pixel Screenshots app. But, the app also lets you organize screenshots into folders called Collections to tidy up the app a bit. More on these Collections below. Over time, like your Photos gallery, your Pixel Screenshots app will start getting cluttered too. If that triggers your OCD, the app lets you organize screenshots into folders. Follow the steps below to see how to do that: That's not the end of it though, and the app has a couple of tricks up its sleeve! With that being said, here's what else you can do with it: A lot of times, we capture screenshots of important things to get back to them later on. However, we often forget about them. To avoid that, the Pixel Screenshots app also lets you set custom reminders for screenshots. Using this, you can choose to be reminded of important things such as sales. Here's how: You can also set these reminders directly through the preview panel when you capture a screenshot. Additionally, you can choose to manually add images to the Pixel Screenshots app. Here's how: Adjacent to the search bar at the bottom, you will find a plus button. Tap on to manually add images from either your phone's gallery or use your camera to capture an image (it's not really a screenshot, but okay). Although the feature works on-device, it's okay to still feel uneasy about an AI model analyzing your screenshots. So, if you want to turn off the feature, you can easily do so. For now, the Pixel Screenshots app is available only on the newly launched Pixel 9 series, which includes: These are the only devices right now that support Gemini Nano's multimodality update. Sadly, these features will be limited to the Pixel 9 series. Since Google also likes to gatekeep AI features to its newer models, there's no saying if the Pixel Screenshots app will arrive on older Pixels. However, one can expect Samsung to bring this cool feature under some other moniker in partnership with Google. While it's cool and everything, is the Pixel Screenshots app actually safe to use? Wondering if the Pixel Screenshots app compromises your privacy? It's understandable if you have that query since that's the main reason behind Microsoft's delay in rolling out Windows Recall. So, here are a few things to note in that regard: That's all for now. We hope this guide gave you a good understanding of how the Pixel Screenshots app works. That's one thing to look forward to once your Google Pixel 9 is delivered. If you have any further queries, comment down below!