Google to Save Lens Photos and Translate Audio for AI Training Under New Search History Setting
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Updated · The Verge · Jun 10
Google to Save Lens Photos and Translate Audio for AI Training Under New Search History Setting
3 articles · Updated · The Verge · Jun 10
Summary
Google told users it will begin storing images, files, audio and video used in Search under a new “Search Services History” setting, including Lens photos, Search Live recordings, voice searches and spoken Translate phrases.
The company says the data will help provide and improve services, including AI models, and can also support personalized suggestions and ads when a separate “Personalized Recommendations” setting is turned on.
Search Services History and its “Save Media” control will be split from Web & App Activity, replacing search-related storage options that were previously bundled there.
Users can switch the new setting off, and Google said accounts that already blocked search-history saving through Web & App Activity will keep Search Services History disabled as the rollout unfolds over the next few months.