The Google Images homepage will recommend images even before you search

Google is announcing a big change to the Google Photos homepage to celebrate the platform’s 25th anniversary this week. Instead of a mostly blank page with a search bar, the home page will soon show you a collection of images that it thinks you might like before you even start searching.

the The company says The new “browsable” homepage features a “dynamic, immersive gallery of images from around the web—updated in real-time and intelligently designed to suit your unique interests.” Based on the images shared by Google, the design reminds me of platforms like Pinterest and Imgur that put a lot of images in one place for you to scroll through. You’ll also be able to save photos into collections that you can return to later, and these collections will appear as tabs at the top of the feed.

The new Google Photos homepage will roll out in the “coming weeks” to signed-in desktop users in the US in English, according to Google.

In another photo-related update, Google Search will soon be able to generate images in AI Overviews using the Nano Banana 2 Lite AI model. Examples from Google show how the feature can be used to compare or visualize home decor ideas.

In the demo prompts, Google uses phrases like “Help me visualize” or “Create a visual” to start the image creation process. But we asked Google for details on what types of prompts trigger image generation and how the company prevents AI Overviews from generating AI images when it shouldn’t, such as in current events.