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Google unveiled Nano Banana in Google Search and Notebook LM.
It will release the AI image editor in Photos soon.
The tool offers new styles for illustrations and Briefs.
Nano Banana, Google's image-generating AI model also known as Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, is coming to Google Search and NotebookLM, and will be available in Photos soon, Google announced Monday. The AI-powered image editor makes it easy to change images with natural language user prompts.
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The model became generally available earlier this month, but was only accessible in the Gemini API or for enterprise use via Vertex AI. Here's how to get started in these recently added applications.
Nano Banana in Search
In Google Search, a user can take or upload a photo and prompt Nano Banana to create a refined image.
In a demo, Google shows a user taking a photo of their undecorated bedroom and uploading it to Create mode with the banana icon in Google Search. Within their prompt, the user offers some context on what they want to keep and change about the room. Then, Nano Banana generates a bedroom makeover with the user's prompt, transforming the room from minimalist to maximalist with the "dopamine decor"-inspired vibe they included in their prompt.
Nano Banana in NotebookLM
In Google's research tool Notebook LM, Nano Banana brings six new styles to Video Overviews, which researchers use to summarize, synthesize, and aggregate information in a concise and digestible format. Google mentions watercolor and anime as two of the six styles people can now use when creating illustrations or using Briefs.
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The tech giant mentions that Nano Banana will come to Google Photos soon, but makes no mention of its launch date.
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Google integrated Nano Banana in the Gemini app in August, and since then, users have generated over five billion images with the tool, Google says. The AI-powered image editor changes images through generated prompts for an easier and less technical image transformation.
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The tool can not only change subtle details, like lighting or color, but also bigger aspects of photos, like a portrait's background or a subject's outfit. It can also merge two subjects from different photos together.
I tried out Nano Banana on a photo of earbuds I took, prompting it to initially change the background from grey to white, and then prompting to change the style of the photo to a steampunk vibe. Here are my results.
Screenshot by Nina Raemont
It generated an accurate and clean photo of my earbuds with a white background.
Screenshot by Nina Raemont
And here's how the earbuds looked after I prompted Nano Banana to give them a steampunk makeover.
Screenshot by Nina Raemont
The AI generates some compelling images and also cleans up photos neatly. It could be handy for people who don't know the ins and outs of image editing to get exactly what they want out of their photos in a pinch.