OneDrive can now use AI to recognize faces in your photos and group them together with facial grouping technology. Faces are grouped in the People section so you can view collections of photos based on people in it; and once you name the people, you can search for those photos faster.
Note: This feature is coming soon and is yet to be released. Stay tuned for more updates.
Facial grouping technology
Facial grouping uses AI technology to distinguish faces from other objects in an image and groups similar faces across photos to people.
Note: Groupings rely on the quality of your photos; groupings may not be entirely accurate.
Find people in your photos
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To find people in your photos, go to Photos > People in your OneDrive app. There may be a delay as we process your photos.
Note: Some regions require your consent before we can begin processing your photos.
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When there are people ready to view, you can add names in the People section.
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After naming people, you can easily search or filter by them. Search:
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We will also provide recommendations of photos we think may belong to a person.
How Microsoft collects and uses data
Microsoft collects, uses, and stores facial scans and biometric information from your photos through the OneDrive app for facial grouping technologies. This helps you quickly and easily organize photos of friends and family. Only you can see your face groupings. If you share a photo or album with another individual, face groupings will not be shared.
Microsoft does not use any of your facial scans and biometric information to train or improve the AI model overall. Any data you provide is only used to help triage and improve the results of your account, no one else's. While the feature is on, Microsoft uses this data to group faces in your photos. You can turn this feature off at any time through Settings. When you turn off this feature in your OneDrive settings, all facial grouping data will be permanently removed within 30 days. Microsoft will further protect you by deleting your data after a period of inactivity. See the Microsoft account activity policy for more information.
For more information on our privacy policy, please go to Microsoft Privacy Statement – Microsoft privacy.
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