Just last night, I was scrolling through endless Pinterest boards and online sites to find a dress for my best friend’s engagement party. I was deep into scrolling before deciding to just wear something I already have. So I went to my Photos app on my phone and started scrolling to see what formal outfits I’ve worn in the past for inspiration.
If you find yourself doing this often (I do it at least once a week), a new Google Photos AI feature might help with this by cataloging the clothes you’re wearing in photos saved to the app. From there, it will organize your clothes into a digital collection, so you can style, mix and match and try on clothes virtually.
The Google Photos wardrobe feature is rolling out this summer, first to Android and then iOS.
How Google’s AI-driven wardrobe feature works
The wardrobe feature uses AI to scan the photos in your camera roll to create a digital closet based on pieces you’ve worn in the past. With this saved collection, you can filter by category, such as “jewelry” or “tops” to find that one particular item.
Google also seems to be taking a page from Pinterest with the ability to create digital mood boards. Rather than pulling out your entire closet and trying on 10-plus outfits that you send to your friends to see what they like best, you can use the wardrobe feature to mix and match items into outfit ideas that you can then save to a shareable mood board. You can save these mood boards for different categories or occasions, like “wedding guest” or “work outfits.”
With the wardrobe feature, you’ll also be able to “try on” clothes virtually to save time getting dressed. You can select clothing items saved in your collection, then click “Try it on” for a preview of how it will look on your body. Something to keep in mind is that the AI doesn’t really know what size clothes are or how they’re cut, so it’s at best a rough approximation of how any particular article will fit on a particular person.
Last year, Google released an AI-powered try-on feature in Search. But that feature was only for clothing you were shopping for and did not already own. The technology works by having an AI image generation model like Nano Banana to generate a guess at what you might look like in those clothes. Google said it won’t use the images you upload for the try-on feature for AI training, use it for other Google services or sell it to third parties.
CNET’s Abrar Al-Heeti tested the Search try-on feature last year and found it would, in fact, generate bare arms to show off a sleeveless dress. A similar feature on the Samsung Galaxy S26 and Google’s Pixel phones, called “Find the Look,” adds this function to Circle to Search. That means you can take a screenshot or a photo and get an idea of what you might look like wearing it.
