Google is bringing its popular Nano Banana tool to more products
Google’s AI image editor Nano Banana is breaking out of Gemini and heading across the company’s ecosystem. In a new blog post, Google announced that Nano Banana — the Gemini 2.5 Flash–powered image editing tool — is coming to Google Search, NotebookLM, and soon Photos.
The feature, which lets users create or edit images with text prompts, has already generated more than 5 billion images since launching in August. Now, you’ll be able to open Google Lens in the Search app, tap "Create," and instantly transform your photos using AI. In NotebookLM, Nano Banana quietly works behind the scenes to enhance Video Overviews with new visual styles like watercolor and anime, plus a new “Brief” format for quick takeaways.
As Mashable reported earlier this month, Google has been testing Nano Banana’s integration into Search, Lens, and Circle to Search, signaling the company’s push to make AI-powered image tools a core part of how users explore and create.
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Google says the rollout to Photos is coming "in the weeks ahead," so soon, your entire camera roll might get a taste of Nano Banana’s image-generating powers.
Topics Artificial Intelligence Google
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