Overview
- Google says its Nano Banana image tool is now accessible in Search via Lens and in NotebookLM, with Photos support planned in the coming weeks.
- App-teardown findings by AssembleDebug reported through Android Authority reveal a banana-shaped button that appears when users long-press images in Google Messages, though it currently does nothing.
- For users in the U.S. and India, a yellow Create icon in Search enables prompt-based image edits and generation, while NotebookLM adds six visual styles including Watercolor, Papercraft, Anime, Whiteboard, Retro Print and Heritage.
- Reports note code paths for personal chats and indications of group chat flows, but the Messages feature remains unannounced and inactive.
- Google reports more than five billion images created with Nano Banana since August, and the tool supports natural-language edits ranging from lighting tweaks to background swaps and blending subjects.