Google Photos Turns Your Wardrobe Into a Virtual Closet

Summary

Google Photos now has a Digital Wardrobe feature that catalogs clothes from your photos into a browsable virtual closet you can filter by category and mix into outfits, an idea Google says was inspired by the closet system from the movie “Clueless.” The update also adds redesigned Markup tools with a redact pen for blurring sensitive details, new “Moods” filters styled after film cameras and old digicams, and more Remix templates. The wardrobe feature is now broadly available in the US, Brazil, and India on both Android and iOS.

Why it matters

This turns a pile of random outfit photos into something useful, and Google says the clothing data stays out of retailers’ hands, which matters if you are wary of AI tools building a shopping profile on you.

HTD Says

Turning your camera roll into a browsable closet is a clever use of AI, and I am curious how many people will use it instead of staring at the pile of clothes on their bedroom chair. I love this idea, honestly. Not for me because I don’t have many clothes and pretty much wear the same “dad outfit” day after day. But my wife and girls may find some good use for it.

I will need to do some “testing” before I unleash the rest of my family on this new feature. I’m not sure how to approach it yet, since I don’t want my camera roll suddenly filled with photos of clothing.

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