Google Photos is introducing a new way to relive your favorite moments from the past year with the rollout of its “2024 Recap” feature.
Announced today, this enhanced experience blends a curated collection of photos and personalized insights with dynamic graphics and cinematic effects, creating a year-in-review presentation that captures what users have been up to over the last 12 months.
While Google Photos has offered annual review features in previous years, this updated version bears a closer resemblance to Spotify Wrapped, offering deeper insights into your year’s activities.
The 2024 Recap provides detailed statistics, such as the total number of photos taken, the length of your longest photo streak, the colors you photographed most frequently, your most-photographed individuals, and the people you smiled with the most.
For select U.S. users with the Gemini feature enabled in the Photos app, there’s an optional version of Recap that includes personalized captions highlighting the “two biggest moments from your year.”
The Recap will initially be featured in the Google Photos Memories carousel throughout December and then move to the photo grid in January. It also supports sharing across messaging and social media platforms, making it easy to spread your year-in-review highlights.
However, there are a few limitations. The Recap feature is only accessible to users with the Face Groups setting enabled, which relies on facial recognition to identify and cluster similar faces.
Due to regional restrictions, this setting—and by extension, the Recap feature—is not available worldwide, meaning some users may not have access to these end-of-year highlights.
