You simply wish to search your archived pictures, as a substitute of interacting with an AI assistant.
Contained in the app, faucet the Google account button at top-right, then go to Pictures settings > Preferences > Gemini options in Pictures, and switch off both “Search with Ask Pictures” or “Use Gemini in Pictures”.
When Google rolled out its new AI-powered ‘Ask Pictures’ search instrument, I gave it a go — however after discovering it slower, much less useful, and extra complicated than the traditional search, I all the time wound up urgent Google’s helpful button labeled “Change to traditional search” or “Use traditional search” as a substitute. (Some people found you could possibly get there faster by double-tapping the magnifying glass.)
However a pair months in the past, Google eliminated all these simply accessible choices, and the double-tap now directs to Gemini as a substitute of Google’s previous system. I couldn’t determine flip it off at first… however fortunately, the choice for traditional search continues to be there, buried in a settings menu. See steps above.
In case your Google Pictures library additionally consists of your partner’s pictures, like me, they usually have a distinct cellphone, you will discover your personal pictures by looking for the precise title of your cellphone’s digicam. To search out that correct title, faucet any of your pictures and scroll right down to the Particulars part.