Google Drive is making it easier for you to find your videos

Thanks to object and facial recognition, platforms like Google Drive and Google Photos has made it a bit easier for users to look for photos. However, when it comes to videos, it’s a different story. However, Google has recently issued an update to Google Drive where users can search transcripts to look for their videos.

According to Google, “Starting today, Drive users can now view and search transcripts for their videos. The transcript appears in a sidebar next to the video player and highlights the currently spoken text. This update makes it easy to find specific moments, follow along with the content, or jump directly to the part of the video you need.”

This update builds upon a change Google pushed out to Google Drive last year. In 2024, Google announced that users can automatically generate captions for videos they upload to Google Drive. This was meant to make it more accessible for users who might otherwise have to manually create their own captions.

However, with this update, users can now leverage that feature to look for their videos based on its transcripts in Google Drive. However, take note that your video needs to have captions in order to access this feature. This means that if you think you might use this search feature in the future, you’ll have to go through your videos to enable captions for each of them.

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