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Google's Ask Photos feature isn't available in Texas and Illinois
One of Google's Gemini-powered photo features is MIA in Texas and Illinois. The company confirmed to Engadget that Ask Photos is currently unavailable in the two states. It didn't say why. Google Photos' Conversational Editing is reportedly missing in those states, too.
"The ability to ask Photos to edit your images is not available to users in Texas and Illinois at this time," Google's statement to Engadget reads. "We are working to determine how to make Ask Photos available to more users."
As for why that is, we don't have confirmation. But the Houston Chronicle, which first Discover Copy
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