diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/components/gallery/index.tsx b/web/packages/new/photos/components/gallery/index.tsx
index 3209f9da37..bcf9314789 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/components/gallery/index.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/components/gallery/index.tsx
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
 
 import { CenteredBox } from "@/base/components/mui/Container";
 import type { SearchOption } from "@/new/photos/services/search/types";
-import { Typography } from "@mui/material";
+import { Paper, Stack, Typography } from "@mui/material";
 import { t } from "i18next";
-import React from "react";
+import React, { useState } from "react";
+import { EnableML, FaceConsent } from "../sidebar/MLSettings";
 import { useMLStatusSnapshot } from "../utils/use-snapshot";
+import { useWrapAsyncOperation } from "../utils/use-wrap-async";
 import { GalleryItemsHeaderAdapter, GalleryItemsSummary } from "./ListHeader";
 
 /**
@@ -64,22 +66,39 @@ export const PeopleEmptyState: React.FC = () => {
     }
 };
 
-export const PeopleEmptyStateDisabled: React.FC = () => (
-    <CenteredBox>
-        <Typography
-            color="text.muted"
-            sx={{
-                mx: 1,
-                // Approximately compensate for the hidden section bar (86px),
-                // and then add a bit extra padding so that the message appears
-                // visually off the center, towards the top.
-                paddingBlockEnd: "126px",
-            }}
-        >
-            {"disabeld"}
-        </Typography>
-    </CenteredBox>
-);
+// import { FormPaper } from "@/base/components/FormPaper";
+
+export const PeopleEmptyStateDisabled: React.FC = () => {
+    const [openFaceConsent, setOpenFaceConsent] = useState(false);
+
+    const handleEnableML = () => setOpenFaceConsent(true);
+
+    const handleConsent = useWrapAsyncOperation(async () => {
+        await enableML();
+        // Close the FaceConsent drawer, come back to ourselves.
+        setOpenFaceConsent(false);
+    });
+
+    return (
+        <Stack sx={{ alignItems: "center" }}>
+            <Paper
+                sx={{
+                    maxWidth: "360px",
+                    padding: "4px",
+                }}
+            >
+                <EnableML onEnable={handleEnableML} />
+            </Paper>
+
+            <FaceConsent
+                open={openFaceConsent}
+                onClose={() => setOpenFaceConsent(false)}
+                onRootClose={() => {}}
+                onConsent={handleConsent}
+            />
+        </Stack>
+    );
+};
 
 export const PeopleEmptyStateMessage: React.FC<React.PropsWithChildren> = ({
     children,
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/components/sidebar/MLSettings.tsx b/web/packages/new/photos/components/sidebar/MLSettings.tsx
index cc034cab2b..108eee09f5 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/components/sidebar/MLSettings.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/components/sidebar/MLSettings.tsx
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export const MLSettings: React.FC<NestedSidebarDrawerVisibilityProps> = ({
     if (!mlStatus) {
         component = <Loading />;
     } else if (mlStatus.phase == "disabled") {
-        component = <EnableML onEnable={handleEnableML} />;
+        component = <EnableML onEnable={handleEnableML} showMagicSearchHint />;
     } else {
         component = (
             <ManageML {...{ mlStatus }} onDisableML={handleDisableML} />
@@ -98,9 +98,16 @@ const Loading: React.FC = () => {
 interface EnableMLProps {
     /** Called when the user enables ML. */
     onEnable: () => void;
+    /**
+     *  If true, a footnote describing the magic search feature will be shown.
+     */
+    showMagicSearchHint?: boolean;
 }
 
-export const EnableML: React.FC<EnableMLProps> = ({ onEnable }) => {
+export const EnableML: React.FC<EnableMLProps> = ({
+    onEnable,
+    showMagicSearchHint,
+}) => {
     const moreDetails = () =>
         openURL("https://help.ente.io/photos/features/machine-learning");
 
@@ -118,9 +125,11 @@ export const EnableML: React.FC<EnableMLProps> = ({ onEnable }) => {
                     {t("more_details")}
                 </Button>
             </Stack>
-            <Typography color="text.faint" variant="small">
-                {t("ml_search_footnote")}
-            </Typography>
+            {showMagicSearchHint && (
+                <Typography color="text.faint" variant="small">
+                    {t("ml_search_footnote")}
+                </Typography>
+            )}
         </Stack>
     );
 };
@@ -130,7 +139,7 @@ type FaceConsentProps = NestedSidebarDrawerVisibilityProps & {
     onConsent: () => void;
 };
 
-const FaceConsent: React.FC<FaceConsentProps> = ({
+export const FaceConsent: React.FC<FaceConsentProps> = ({
     open,
     onClose,
     onRootClose,