The first MP3 players had room for four or five songs (assuming they were short ones). And early smartphones measured storage in megabytes.

Compare that to today: Pixel 9 Pro goes all the way up to 1 TB, enough for a massive amount of photos, apps, and anything else you could want on your phone.²

There’s a catch to the unsung marvel of modern storage, however. When you have enough room for everything, you tend to keep everything. And when you keep everything, it’s hard to find anything.

Add in the rising trend of using photos and screenshots as a way to keep records and remember important information, and you’re going to spend a bunch of time scrolling for that receipt you took a photo of, or that screenshot of a coupon code you wanted to use.

Enter Pixel Screenshots. This Pixel-exclusive free app uses Gemini Nano – Pixel’s on-device AI – to analyse, organise, and easily recall the information embedded within your screenshots. That’s a mouthful, so let’s go through it step by step.

• Save: Whenever you save a screenshot, Gemini Nano with Multimodality will automatically kick into gear and begin processing all of the information contained within the image (e.g. the address of a restaurant, or the items and prices in a receipt), as well as other helpful metadata. Pixel Screenshots not only generates an AI-powered title and summary of the information you save, but can also offer suggested actions based on the content – such as automatically setting reminders and adding details to your Google Calendar if it notices dates.

• Organise: You can also create custom collections within the Pixel Screenshots app to easily group your screenshots around different ideas or topics, or even add notes to anything you save – such as “gift idea for dad” in case you want to include additional information for later. And when you pull up a screenshot, it can often offer a link (if available) to go back to where the screenshot was taken. 

• Recall: The best part. You can ask for information in a conversational way – like “What was the tracking number for my package?” – and get a conversational answer in return. There are also reminders like an alert to buy concert tickets when they go on sale. (BeyHive, this one’s for you.) You don’t even need to leave the app you’re using – you simply bring up Gemini, input a prompt, and it will automatically open the Pixel Screenshots app with the results.²

Oh, and it does this all super fast since it all runs on device – no internet connection needed. The end result is less scrolling, less racking your brain, and faster access to the things you want to remember.

Here are three practical scenarios that show how Pixel Screenshots can help in everyday life.

Your friend Liam lives in San Francisco, and you’re going to visit next month. You ask for restaurant recommendations – Liam knows all the best spots – and get a text back with a few suggestions. You screenshot the text.

Fast-forward a month. You’re in town and quite hungry. Do you remember the restaurant picks? Of course not. But you ask Pixel Screenshots “What restaurants did Liam tell me to try in San Francisco?” and quickly get the list, complete with address and directions.

You’re looking for the perfect gift for a friend’s birthday and screenshot ideas, prices, and coupon codes during your search. When you settle on a new Bluetooth speaker, you ask Pixel Screenshots, “What was the price of the speaker I saved?” and it responds with the answer. You follow up with, “Do I have a coupon code for that?” and it responds with the code, the associated screenshot, and a link back to the website so you can make the purchase.

You’re scrolling social media and see an ad for pre-sale concert tickets featuring one of your favourite bands. You take a screenshot, and Pixel Screenshots suggests you add an event to your calendar reminding you to buy tickets on the day of the sale. 

Additionally, when you go to buy your tickets, you can ask Pixel Screenshots, “What was the code needed to purchase pre-sale tickets?” and it will bring up the code you captured in your screenshot.

There are only three ways to get in on this AI photo sorting fun: Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro Fold, and Pixel 9. Take a look at all they have to offer.