Google brings Nano Banana to Search and other services
Since Google released Nano Banana, billions of images have been generated with it. In the future, the AI image tool will also be available in Google Search.
Smartphone with Nano Banana
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Google integrates Nano Banana into further services: The image generator developed by DeepMind will also be available in Google Search via the Lens app and in the AI tool NotebookLM, as well as in Google Photos in the future. The US company announced this. So far, it is only usable via the Gemini app.
Google introduced the AI image editing tool, officially called Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, in August. "Since then, we have seen many unique and creative use cases in the Gemini app," writes Naina Raisinghani, Product Manager at Google DeepMind, in the announcement on the Google blog. So far, five billion images have been generated with the tool.
In Search, users can edit newly taken photos or those from the gallery with Nano Banana. To achieve this, they open the Lens app and can change the image in "Create" mode using prompt input, for example, moving a person to a different environment, changing facial expressions, or turning a color photo into a black-and-white one.
Nano Banana improves Video Overviews
In NotebookLM, Nano Banana is intended to improve Video Overviews. These are AI-generated presentations that summarize images, diagrams, illustrations, and other content. Google presented the Video Overviews at the end of July.
Nano Banana allows the presentations to be graphically designed. Six image styles are available. For example, images in a video overview can look like they were painted with watercolors or like images from the last century.
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"In the coming weeks," Google will also integrate Nano Banana into Google Photos, Raisinghani writes. He did not provide an exact date, nor did he specify which applications the AI tool will enable in Google Photos.
(wpl)
