Doppl shut down 30 April 2026
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Google's try-on went back into Search, where it works on shop catalogues. Tryft works on the photo in front of you.
Android only. Tryft is independent and has no connection to Google Labs or Doppl.
What actually happened
The app closed. The technology moved.
Doppl
A Google Labs experiment. You uploaded a photo of yourself, gave it a garment image, and it produced a try-on. It ran on iOS and Android, it was free, and it did not care where the garment picture came from.
Try-on inside Google
Google retired the standalone app and put virtual try-on on product listings and image results across Search and Shopping. It runs against a retailer's catalogue item, and its country coverage is narrower — most of continental Europe does not have it.
Google's own notice about the shutdown and downloading your items ison the Google Labs help site. Dates and coverage here describe the situation as at August 2026.
The gap it left
Catalogue try-on cannot see a hanger shot.
Try-on inside Search needs a product listing — a clean image, on a model, supplied by the shop selling it. That is a real thing to have, and it covers new retail well.
It covers none of resale. A Vinted listing is one person's photo of one jacket on a wire hanger. There is no catalogue entry behind it, no product feed, and no model. So the entire secondhand market — the part where you cannot try anything on and cannot return a fit miss — is outside what catalogue try-on reaches.
Tryft is built the other way round: it starts from the photograph, so it does not need anyone's catalogue.
AI-generated image.
Side by side
Honestly, where each one wins.
Google's try-on is better if…
You are buying new from a shop that Google indexes, you are in a country where it has rolled out, and you want it free and already inside the search results you were looking at anyway.
Tryft is better if…
You are buying secondhand, the only picture is the seller's, you want several items rendered as one outfit, or you are in a country Google's rollout has not reached. It is Android only and it costs credits — the first render on a new account is free.
Questions
Moving over from Doppl.
What happened to Doppl?
Doppl was Google Labs' standalone virtual try-on app. Google shut it down on 30 April 2026, removed it from both app stores, and folded the technology into virtual try-on on product listings and image results across Google. Doppl user data stopped being accessible after that date.
Is Google’s replacement the same thing?
Not for the same job. Try-on now lives inside Google Search and Shopping and runs against retailer product listings — a catalogue image, supplied by a brand. It is not a place you bring your own photo of a garment, so a secondhand listing on a resale marketplace is outside what it does. Its country rollout is also narrower than Doppl’s was, and it is absent from most of continental Europe.
How is Tryft different from Doppl?
Tryft starts from a photograph rather than a catalogue. You save one photo of yourself, then share any garment image into the app — a hanger shot from a resale listing, a screenshot, anything — and it renders that garment onto your photo. It is Android only, and it charges credits rather than being a free Google experiment.
Can I bring my old Doppl photos?
There is nothing to import — Doppl data stopped being accessible when the app shut down, and Tryft has no connection to Google Labs. You save a fresh full-length photo of yourself once, and every render after that reuses it.
Is there an iOS version?
Not yet. Tryft is Android only today. Doppl ran on both, so this is a genuine gap if you are on iPhone.