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title: Connect your instance to your Firebase project
description: Enter your project ID and Google Vision API key into your instance to begin using photo search.
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release: australia
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Configure photo search, Mobile photo search, Global search, Launcher screens, Mobile app components, Building mobile apps, Mobile Platform]
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# Connect your instance to your Firebase project

Enter your project ID and Google Vision API key into your instance to begin using photo search.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **System Mobile** > **Mobile Branding** > **Mobile App Configs**.

2.  Select the record for the app for which you want to enable photo search.

3.  In the **Vision iOS App ID** field, enter the iOS App ID from your Firebase project.

4.  In the **Vision Android App ID** field, enter the Android App ID from your Firebase project.

5.  In the **Vision API Key** field, enter the Google Vision API key from your Firebase project.

6.  Click **Update**.

    Your app is configured to use the Google Vision API for photo search. Repeat the steps if for your other mobile apps if you want to include the photo search option in those apps. Before using the photo search, you must still enable the system property as detailed in the next steps.


**Parent Topic:**[Configure photo search](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/mobile/sg-configure-image-search.md)