While this is a good feature, there’s a catch. Users will only be able to tag people if Google detects that there’s a face in the photo. This means that you can tag a photo when Google detects a face but doesn’t know who it is. If Google does not detect a face, due to a weird angle, you will not be able to tag it.
How to manually tag a face in Google Photos
- To begin, open Google Photos and select a picture with people or pets in it.
- Swipe up or tap the overflow button at the top right corner.
- If you have received the update, you will get a ‘People’ section with a ‘Pen’ icon at the right side.
- Click on the ‘Pen’ icon and you will see a screen with the photo on top, a section for tagged people and below that, faces that are ‘Available to add’.
- You can tap either on the images in the ‘Available to add’ section or tap on faces in the image itself.
- You will now be asked to either choose from an existing person or pet or add a new person or pet.
In addition to adding new faces, the update also allows you to edit already tagged faces. Users can now un-tag and re-tag faces easily.
- Open Google Photos and select a picture with people or pets in it.
- Swipe up or tap the overflow button at the top right corner.
- Click on the ‘Pen’ icon beside the People section.
- To remove a tag, click on the remove icon on the thumbnail of the tag you wish to remove.
- You can now add a new tag to the face by clicking on the image.
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