Google Photos app has supported estimating location information based on landmarks detected in photos, and your location information in other photos a long time ago. Google previously mainly used the Google Account Location History feature to achieve this, but Google will now remove this estimated information.
The Google Photos app can organize, search, and browse photos based on where they were taken. Your photos may contain location information if.
The device’s camera saves location information along with the photo.
You add location information.
Google Albums estimates location information based on landmarks detected in the photo and location information in your other photos.
Google says it is investing heavily in the ability to identify landmarks in images in apps like Google Lens, Maps Live View, and others, and will no longer call on the Google Account Location History feature to estimate where users take photos. You can easily manage your location settings from Google Photos at any time.
Google says you’ll see notifications in the Google Photos app in the coming months telling users to “keep” or “delete” location information for photos estimated using the Google Account Location History feature. Users will have until May 1, 2023 to make the decision, after which Google will automatically delete the information by default.
