Can you add a person not recognised in Photo using your iPhone?

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Can you add a person not recognised in Photo using your iPhone?

When I open a photo of the person that I want to add and then tap the info button there is no thumbnail with a question mark on the photo of the person. I know I can add this using a Mac, but I am querying if I can do so using the iPhone. Curiously, when I click on the three dots at the top right, click on ‘Feature a Person Less’, it lists the people listed on the thumbnails, plus those not on thumbnails who are referenced as ‘Unnamed’. So the iPhone seems to access some form of thumbnail - but I want to highlight those and name them all! How can I do it on my iPhone?

iPhone 14 Pro

Posted on May 28, 2024 5:41 AM

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Richard.Taylor

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May 28, 2024 8:13 AM in response to LlamaBreath

LlamaBreath wrote: Curiously, when I click on the three dots at the top right, click on ‘Feature a Person Less’, it lists the people listed on the thumbnails, plus those not on thumbnails who are referenced as ‘Unnamed’.

Right-- "unnamed" are people that Photos recognized a "a face," but didn't have any named individual with those features. So you can click on those persons' little circles and add names (and even feature them less.)

But, I'm afraid, there's no way to manually add a name to a face that Photos has not recognized as being "a face."

You can leave feedback for Apple here:

Feedback - Photos - Apple

Enough people asking may help bring it up. But, as always, Apple moves in Mysterious Ways...

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LlamaBreath Author

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May 28, 2024 8:46 AM in response to Richard.Taylor

Thanks for your response. But the curious thing is that I have no thumbnails with a question mark. So specific example - I have a photo of 7 people, but only 4 have thumbnails (and all correctly identified). When I click on the three dots and click on ‘Feature a Person Less’ I then have an option to ‘feature less’ for all 7 people (3 of which are just referenced as ‘unnamed’). So it’s frustrating that IOS doesn’t allow you to insert circles and name people, but equally curious when there is clearly some sort of face recognition working for these missing people!

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May 28, 2024 9:01 AM in response to LlamaBreath

I don't find that-- but I'm running iOS 16. You didn't say. Could be an OS difference. That certainly seems weird. How long has it been like that-- sometimes waiting changes things...

Do you also have circles with question marks in Info and "person less?"

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LlamaBreath Author

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May 28, 2024 10:16 AM in response to Richard.Taylor

I’m on IOS 17. Really only just been playing around with Photos for a week, so no idea how long this has been happening. But as an example I only have 4 thumbnails (no question marks) for a photo of 7 people, but under the ‘Person less’ bit, they’re all there. The 4 names and the 3 nameless!…

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Can you add a person not recognised in Photo using your iPhone?

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