Important:
- Pixel Screenshots is currently only available on the Pixel 9 and later phones in English in the following countries: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, India, Ireland, Singapore, and Malaysia.
- You must be 18 years or older and have a valid personal Google Account active on your phone to access AI features. All AI features are disabled if you use an ineligible account.
- The feature doesn’t support work or school accounts.
You can save, collect, edit, and search for screenshots on your Pixel phone. With Pixel Screenshots, you can use natural language to search your screenshots and find the info you need. You can also add notes or reminders.
Turn on Pixel Screenshots
To generate titles and summaries, have suggested actions, and search for your screenshots, you can turn on AI features when you set up your phone or in the app settings.
When you set up your phone
- The setup process displays info on how to “Search your screenshots with on-device AI.”
- At the bottom right, tap Turn on.
When you’re in the Pixel Screenshots app
- Open the Pixel Screenshots app.
- To open settings, at the top right of the home page, tap Settings
.
- Turn on Search your screenshots with on-device AI.
.Set a reminder
To get notifications about specific screenshots, set reminders on each one.
- Open your Pixel Screenshots app.
- Tap a screenshot
.
- Tap a schedule option.
.Browse & search
With the Pixel Screenshots app, if you’ve turned on AI features, you can search for information across all of your saved screenshots.
- Open your Pixel Screenshots app.
- At the bottom, enter a search term.
Make a collection
To organize your screenshots, you can group them into collections.
There are 3 ways to create a new collection.
- From the collection view:
- On the Pixel Screenshots app homepage, tap Collections.
- On the “Collections” page, to create a new collection, tap Add
.
- To label your collection, enter any name or title you prefer.
- Select the screenshots that you want in your collection.
- Tap Done
.
- From an existing saved screenshot or image:
- Select any saved image.
- Scroll to the bottom of the image details.
- Tap Add to collection.
- A pop-up will appear which allows you to either:
- Add to an existing collection.
- Create a new collection. To create a new one, tap New Collection.
- Tap Save.
- To label your collection, enter any name or title you prefer.
- Tap Done
- During screenshot capture:
- Take a screenshot.
- At the bottom left of the screen, tap on the screenshot thumbnail.
- Choose from 2 options:
- To add to an existing collection, scroll to the bottom of the screenshot pop-up view, then tap Add to collection.
- To create a new collection, tap New Collection.
- To label your collection, enter any name or title you prefer.
- Tap Done
.Show suggestions from your screenshots in other apps
Turn on this feature to view movie, music, product, location, and other text suggestions from your screenshots while you search in relevant apps.
- To show suggestions from screenshots:
- Open your Pixel Screenshots app.
- At the top right, tap Settings.
- Turn on Show suggestions from your screenshots in other apps.
- Take screenshots of shoppable products, movies, TV shows, music, songs, artists, albums, and locations like restaurants and cafes.
Tip: The feature will only work on screenshots that were processed after you installed the latest version of the Pixel Screenshots app. - After Pixel Screenshots has processed these screenshots, open the search bar in supported apps like YouTube Music, Google Maps, and more. The relevant suggestions should appear in Gboard’s Autofill bar as soon as the keyboard opens, and disappear when you start typing.
Troubleshooting
Delete your AI content from Pixel Screenshots- Open your Pixel Screenshots app.
- At the top right, tap Settings.
- Turn off Search your screenshots with on-device AI.
- Select Delete all AI summaries and metadata.
- Open your Pixel Screenshots app.
- Go to the Settings page.
- Check if Search your screenshots with on-device AI is toggled on.
If you can’t find the search bar, either the AI features are disabled or models are being downloaded.
To turn on the AI features, you’ll find a follow message card on the home page:
- Tap Settings
- Turn on Search your screenshots with on-device AI. This will enable the AI search capability on your app.
Tip: If your model is still downloading, all AI features will be disabled until the download is complete.
If your screenshots aren't automatically processing, and you find a "Processing Paused" message on some images, please wait until bulk processing resumes. If you want to process specific screenshots immediately, tap Process now.
To process your screenshots while your phone isn’t in use, turn on Background app usage.
- Touch and hold the app icon.
- Tap App info
App battery usage.
- Turn on Allow background usage.
Tip: If Background app usage is off, screenshots won’t be able to process while your phone is charging and idle.
Before you use the Pixel Screenshots app, you’ll need to update some apps.
- Go to the Google Play Store app.
- At the top right, tap on your avatar.
- Tap Manage apps & device
- Update any of the pending apps:
- Android AICore
- Private Compute Services
- Pixel Screenshots
- Android Intelligence Services
Screenshots not restored
Pixel Screenshots only supports device-to-device backup and restore. If your Screenshots data is missing, please try restoring from another device.
Tip: You can also do a device to device backup and restore. Learn how to transfer data from an Android phone to a Pixel.