Use the Pixel Screenshots app

Important:

• Your Screenshots app data and recent activity are protected in a secure, isolated environment on your device or in the cloud. Unless you give permission to share this data for some other purpose, it isn’t shared with apps or Google.
• Pixel Screenshots is currently only available on the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold phones in English, German, and Japanese in the following countries:
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Germany
  • India
  • Ireland
  • Japan
  • Malaysia
  • Singapore
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
• To access AI features, you must have a valid Google Account active on your phone. All AI features are disabled if you use an ineligible account.

Search your screenshots

You can use natural language to search your screenshots and take action by tapping one of the action chips. You can also add notes or reminders.

One of the actions available is exporting screenshots into NotebookLM for deeper analysis. To share screenshots to NotebookLM:

1. Tap Add to NotebookLM action chip.
2. Tap Share 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   NotebookLM.

Turn on Pixel Screenshots

When you set up your phone or in the app settings, you can turn on AI features to:

• Generate titles and summaries
• Get suggested actions
• Search for your screenshots
• Get suggestions to add to your collections

When you’re in the Pixel Screenshots app

1. Open the Pixel Screenshots app.
2. To open settings, at the top right of the home page, tap Settings 👁 Image
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3. Turn on Search your screenshots with AI.

Analyze screenshots with NotebookLM

For deeper analysis, you can share several kinds of text screenshots to NotebookLM.

If a screenshot is eligible, you can tap Add to NotebookLM to share the screenshot from the preview.

To add a widget:

1. Touch and hold on the home screen.
2. Tap Widgets.
   1. At the bottom, you can select from featured, personal, or work-related widgets.
3. Tap Pixel Screenshots 👁 and then
   Add.
4. Resize the screenshot widget.

Now, if you open another app and take a screenshot, the screenshot widget shows a preview of it.

Share screenshots to NotebookLM

1. Take a screenshot.
2. In the screenshot options, tap Image to NotebookLM.
3. Tap Create New.
4. Select a source.

Set a reminder

To get notifications about specific screenshots, set reminders on each one.

1. Open your Pixel Screenshots app.
2. Tap a screenshot 👁 and then
   👁 Image
   .
3. Tap a schedule option.

Browse & search

With the Pixel Screenshots app, if you’ve turned on AI features, you can search for information across all of your saved screenshots.

1. Open your Pixel Screenshots app.
2. At the bottom, enter a search term.

Make a collection

To organize your screenshots, you can group them into collections.

There are 3 ways to create a new collection.

1. From the collection view:
   1. On the Pixel Screenshots app homepage, tap Collections.
   2. On the “Collections” page, to create a new collection, tap Add 👁 Image
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   3. To label your collection, enter any name or title you prefer.
   4. Select the screenshots that you want in your collection.
   5. Tap Done 👁 Image
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2. From an existing saved screenshot or image:
   1. Select any saved image.
   2. Scroll to the bottom of the image details.
   3. Tap Add to collection.
   4. A pop-up will appear which allows you to either:
      • Add to an existing collection.
      • Create a new collection. To create a new one, tap New Collection.
   5. Tap Save.
   6. To label your collection, enter any name or title you prefer.
   7. Tap Done 👁 Image
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3. During screenshot capture:
   1. Take a screenshot.
   2. At the bottom left of the screen, tap on the screenshot thumbnail.
   3. Choose from 2 options:
      • To add to an existing collection, scroll to the bottom of the screenshot pop-up view, then tap Add to collection.
      • To create a new collection, tap New Collection.
   4. To label your collection, enter any name or title you prefer.
   5. Tap Done 👁 Image
      .

Search within a collection

You can search for screenshots within a collection.

1. At the bottom, in the “Search screenshots” field, enter the name of your screenshot.
2. Tap Search 👁 Image
   .

Show suggestions from your screenshots in other apps

Turn on this feature to view movie, music, product, location, and other text suggestions from your screenshots while you search in relevant apps.

1. To show suggestions from screenshots:
   1. Open your Pixel Screenshots app.
   2. At the top right, tap Settings.
   3. Turn on Show suggestions from your screenshots in other apps.
2. Take screenshots of shoppable products, movies, TV shows, music, songs, artists, albums, and locations like restaurants and cafes.
   Tip: The feature will only work on screenshots that were processed after you installed the latest version of the Pixel Screenshots app.
3. After Pixel Screenshots has processed these screenshots, open the search bar in supported apps like YouTube Music, Google Maps, and more. The relevant suggestions should appear in Gboard’s Autofill bar as soon as the keyboard opens, and disappear when you start typing.

Troubleshooting

Screenshots not restored

Pixel Screenshots only supports device-to-device backup and restore. If your Screenshots data is missing, please try restoring from another device.

Tip: You can also do a device to device backup and restore. Learn how to transfer data from an Android phone to a Pixel.

Related resources

• Circle to Search on your Pixel phone or tablet
• Learn more about an image