Subj : Tired of losing files and images on your Android phone? This new To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Wed Dec 06 2023 12:30:05 Tired of losing files and images on your Android phone? This new feature could save you Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2023 12:23:37 +0000 Description: With Smart Search, Google Files is getting a massive search boost so finding documents and images should be a lot easier. FULL STORY ====================================================================== A new feature called Smart Search is coming to the Google Files app on the best Android phones , and it should make finding that missing document a heck of a lot easier. Weve all been there we know weve downloaded that concert ticket or instructions to build our new Ikea shelving unit, but the file name isnt what we expect it to be. We can search and scroll through the Files app as much as we want, but its completely hidden from us causing a lot of frustration. This is where the new Smart Search helper in Files could come in to save us. Once this feature has been switched on you wont just be able to use it to find words and phrases in the documents file name. Smart Search will also be able to look for matching text in PDFs and images themselves, detect objects and locations in photos, and recognize the artist, album, and title of audio and video files. This magical-sounding search tool is powered by local machine learning (meaning it's completely offline), which means it's likely borrowing a few tricks from the AI tech that Google and others have developed for the likes of Bard and ChatGPT. That said, while it is certainly impressive, Smart Search isnt without its limitations. Smart, but not yet a genius Smart Search: another reason to get an Android phone like the Pixel 8 (Image credit: Google) Firstly, Smart Search wont work right away even when it's enabled, and it may take a few days for new files to be added to its database. The official page doesnt explain why you need to wait for a few days for the feature to activate, but its likely because the system only adds files to Smart Search periodically, suggesting there will be a delay. Additionally, some who have tried out the feature have said that some promised abilities such as the ability to search based on location information dont seem to be switched on yet, or working as reliably as youd like (via Android Police ). Its still fairly early days for Smart Search, though, and we expect the tool will only become more reliable and faster as time goes on. If you want to try it out for yourself you hopefully won't have to wait long its currently rolling out to new users, though theres no telling exactly when the update will arrive (were still desperately refreshing hoping that the feature will go live on our devices). Be on the lookout for a new Files app update, and once youve downloaded it make sure to hop into your Settings and switch on Smart Search if you want to take advantage of it. You might also like Google delays its biggest AI launch of the year, but it's still coming soon Google's Instrument Playground offers a taste of an AI-generated musical future The Google Pixel 8s camera just got better thanks to this new Night Sight feature ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/phones/android/tired-of-losing-files-and-images-on-y our-android-phone-this-new-feature-could-save-you --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .