Comments on: Enabling new Google photo face and people search in UK, Europe, Germany

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:06:12 +0000

Scrap my last post. Google have removed themes from the app, for some reason.

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 14:59:27 +0000

Hey, I tried this out and it worked fine but, it appears to have changed the “create a movie option”.
I no longer have the option to change the theme of the movie or the transitions etc. I’ve tried reversing the process, uninstalling google photos etc, but google photos still wont return to its previous state.
Any ideas on how to get it to return to normal ?

By: Seb

Seb — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 18:44:05 +0000

Worked well for me.
Had to wait a while (24h or so) until People were actually visible.
Have not tested whether there are any problems with uploads but will report back if any do appear.

By: Noel

Noel — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:52:53 +0000

My attempts seem to have done something! Now, when I open Albums, there is a “People” section. Also the “Group Similar Faces” option has appeared in Settings – and it is activated.
However, nothing appears in People album, and Search does not contain any People options.

By: Noel

Noel — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 10:56:30 +0000

Not very tech literate, so a bit confused by:
Detailed instructions: delete the data from Google Photos, turn on airplane mode, turn off location services, connect via Tunnelbear, start up Google photos, go through the introductory 4 steps, go into settings and turn on “Group Similar Faces”.
I installed Tunnelbear App.
Deleted data from Google photos.
Turned on airplane mode
Turned off location services
Connect via Tunnelbear?? Can’t use the app because no internet connection with airplane mode!

By: Stratos

Stratos — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:11:39 +0000

Work file in Greece too!!!!
I want to ask if the setting and the Peaple group will be there if i dont enable vpn? adn if i update the google photos app again!
Thanks!!

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 13:22:25 +0000

Worked for me in Ireland! The people album is now present, but empty. I read it might take some time to populate itself. Thanks for the guide!

By: Ali

Ali — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 12:35:47 +0000

Brilliant – worked a treat 🙂
A suitable replacement to Picasa!

By: VV

VV — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 15:19:39 +0000

Worked like a charm in Lithuania. And no need to clear app data, opening the app with VPN activated was enough for me.

By: Scott Wilson

Scott Wilson — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 20:51:12 +0000

This doesn’t seem to work. Although the face grouping option is there on Android app, you can’t turn it on. It says ‘check in albums later to see your photos organised by faces’ but then the slider reverts to off. Is it just that i have to wait a bit or does that mean it doesnt work?