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Google Releases Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Preview With Prompt-Driven Edits and Character Consistency

Developers can try the model now in AI Studio, the Gemini API, or Vertex AI at $30 per million output tokens, roughly four cents per image.

Overview

  • The new model handles both text-to-image generation and precise editing of existing images through natural language instructions.
  • It improves character consistency across outputs and adds multi-image fusion to combine elements from several inputs into a single result.
  • Google demonstrated world-knowledge use cases including interpreting hand-drawn diagrams, adapting real estate templates, and supporting educational tasks.
  • The preview is live through the Gemini API, Google AI Studio, and Vertex AI, with Google indicating full stability is expected within weeks.
  • Safety measures include automated content filtering and SynthID watermarking, and an early tester reported strong editing performance with the ability to revert to the original image on request.