Google just released the new version of Google Photos for desktop, Android and iOS and after using it for just a few minutes I am completely blown away.
While it is many great features, the "search for photographs" is what took my breath away. I started off searching for "Wedding", "Beach" etc and then moved on to specific landmarks like "Taj Mahal" and "Chichentiza" and it performed remarkably well.
Then I tried "cricket" and the results were stunning.
Here is a sample of what it found in my photo library:
1. This was not a big deal - it had tons of clues that it was a cricket match
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| This was from a famous test match in England |
2. The next one was a screen capture from a smartphone of a scorecard from a cricket match
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| This had the word "Cricket" in the photo |
3. This was when I started to really be amazed. This was a screen capture I took of 3 women from Afghanistan celebrating a famous victory. The only hint here was the score at the bottom.
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| Afghan women celebrating a famous victory |
4. This one had few background clues to this being a cricket match. It is possible since I had grabbed this from the web that Google had indexed it as being a game of cricket.
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Cricket match in ice and snow.
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5. This one was totally amazing. The FIFA trophy would make you think that Google would index this under soccer. But the 2 people flanking the trophy are 2 famous cricket players. Google recognized them and brought this up in the search for cricket.
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| Tendulkar and Ganguly |
6. And lastly - this grainy shot of my TV showing a cricket match - all you can see is the helmet.
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Cricket match on TV
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Between the amazing experience with Skype translator and this one with Google Photos it seems that machine learning has reached beyond our wildest expectations.
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