Overview
- Google integrated its Nano Banana image model into the Photos editor, enabling likeness‑preserving, prompt‑based edits such as opening eyes, removing sunglasses or restyling shots as artworks.
- Personalized edits now draw on private face groups to apply person‑specific changes, and the conversational “Help me edit” experience is rolling out to iOS users in the U.S.
- A new Create with AI section featuring ready‑made templates arrives on Android in the U.S. and India next week, with personalized templates based on a user’s library coming in the weeks ahead.
- Ask Photos’ natural‑language search is expanding to more than 100 countries and 17 new languages this week, and a new in‑photo Ask button is rolling out in the U.S. on Android and iOS to answer questions or take edit requests.
- Separately, an unannounced “Nano Banana 2” model surfaced in reported leaks claiming sharper text, layout fidelity and native 2K output with 4K upscaling on a Gemini 3.0 Pro base, though Google has not confirmed these details.