# {Feature Request} Face Recognition for Photos

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-face-recognition-for-photos/159420>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [September 19, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-face-recognition-for-photos/159420 "2016-09-19T22:15:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Tariq\_Niazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tariq\_Niazi](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Tariq_Niazi)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-face-recognition-for-photos/159420/1 "2016-09-19T22:15:18Z")

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I use Google’s Picasa software for picture management. I got a lot of photos tagged with names using the face recognition engine of Picasa. And these names are also somehow saved with the pictures.

I would like to request Plex to add the ability to import these tagged faces. Or at least have it’s own engine to find faces where a user can assign them a name tag.

Thanks,

- T

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**Author:** ![philsynek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@philsynek](https://forums.plex.tv/u/philsynek)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-face-recognition-for-photos/159420/2 "2020-01-16T09:17:04Z")

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This would be such a great feature!

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-face-recognition-for-photos/159420/4 "2020-02-19T19:03:28Z")

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A request for the same feature exists already, and it has more votes.

> [@Facial Recognition for Photos](https://forums.plex.tv/t/facial-recognition-for-photos/167126/1):
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> The main reason I use Google photos is because they have facial recognition with advanced features (facial learning, search, filter, label, etc…). It would be awesome if Plex could provide similar functionality for photos. They’ve actually created a service for this that should handle all the heavy lifting - [Vision AI | Derive Image Insights via ML &nbsp;|&nbsp; Cloud Vision API](https://cloud.google.com/vision/)

Therefore this one is closed, to prevent spreading the votes across several threads, even though they vote for the same (or at least very similar thing).

Votes are given back to the users who voted on this request. Please think of re-voting in the other thread if you still want it.

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-face-recognition-for-photos/159420/5 "2020-02-19T19:03:35Z")

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