Google revamps image search for its 25th anniversary with more images and more AI

Key Points:

• Google is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its image search, originally launched in July 2001, inspired by the demand to see Jennifer Lopez’s green Versace dress from the 2000 Grammys rather than just read about it.
• The current minimalist Google Images interface will be updated to feature a continuously refreshed gallery of images tailored to users’ interests based on their Google web and search history.
• The update will also revive the Collections feature, allowing users to save and easily access images they find while browsing or searching within Google Images.
• Google is integrating AI-generated images more prominently by enabling users to request AI-created visuals in their queries, which will appear in an expanding AI Overview section on the search results page.
• These new features, including the refreshed Images page and AI image generation, will roll out in the coming weeks and initially be available only to English-language accounts.