Google Keep could soon help you improve your sketches using AI

Google is reportedly working on a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for Google Keep. The company’s note-taking app may soon offer an AI-powered feature that can turn hand-drawn text and sketches into images. Proof of the feature, called Help Me Draw, could be found in the latest version of the Google Keep app for Android. The feature could reportedly be available first in the tech giant’s Workspace Lab and then gradually rolled out to a wider user base.

How Google Keep’s ‘Help Me Draw’ feature might work

Android Authority and AssemblyDebug spotted Google Keep’s AI feature still in development. The publication found certain flags related to the feature while disassembling an application package kit (APK), and was able to make them visible in the app. However, because the AI ​​capabilities are likely to be in the cloud, the feature could not be tested. It was reportedly spotted on Google Keep version 5.24.462.04.90 for Android.

Google Keep’s Help Me Draw feature
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However, several details about the AI ​​tool can be discovered based on several shared screenshots. The feature is said to be called ‘Help Me Draw’ and the description reads: “Try Help Me Draw to create unique images from your signatures and bring your doodles to life.”

Once the feature goes live, users will reportedly be able to scribble a handwritten text or a sketch on a Google Keep page and highlight it to activate the AI ​​tool. By tapping Help Me Draw, the AI ​​processes the visual information to see if it can recognize it. If possible, the AI ​​would open a text field where users can type a prompt about what they want to create.

There is also reportedly an option to choose from different styles such as vector drawing, colored pencil, ink marker and more. Once everything is added, the AI ​​would enhance the artwork. However, because the feature is not enabled, the publication was unable to test the end result.

Since the feature description mentions Workspace Lab, it’s particularly likely that this feature will be available to Google Workspace account holders with a Gemini add-on. However, nothing definitive can be said until the tech giant makes an official announcement about it.