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Every face
deserves a name

Recognize family faces locally on your phone—name baby, grandpa, grandma one by one. Private by default; share with family when you choose. Once shared, Dad finds "the same baby" on his phone too.

PRIVATE BY DEFAULT

Recognition happens on your phone
Results stay yours

FotoNest uses MobileFaceNet on your phone to recognize family faces. The named people are visible only to you by default—if Mom names "baby", Dad doesn't see that label on his phone.

Want to share with family? Toggle "Share with family" on the person detail page. What gets shared is the AI feature vector (which cannot reconstruct the original photo), and Dad's phone can then match the same baby under that album's rules. Separately, when you add photos to a shared album, if faces are detected we ask for your consent first before uploading those feature vectors, so members with add permission can filter by person.

  • Recognition and clustering run on your phone; feature vectors do not leave the device by default
  • We ask for your consent before uploading—declining still lets you add photos normally
  • Revoke a person's sharing anytime; for complete removal, do so when deleting your account or submitting a deletion request
👶
Baby
1240 photos
👤
Mom
580 photos
👨
Dad
320 photos
✓ Mom, Dad shared with family
THE SOUL OF SMART ALBUMS

"Family portraits before
baby's first birthday"

Once you've named family members, smart albums gain real power—"family portraits before baby's first birthday", "photos with grandpa", "group shots of 3+ people". Natural language to photos, in one breath.

"Family portraits before
baby's first birthday"
FotoNest understands:
📅 Before baby's first birthday = before 2025-03
👤 Includes baby + 3 or more people

Give every family member a name

Download FotoNest and start bringing memories together.