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TL;DR Google’s been working on bringing image markup tools to Gemini for the past couple months.
Beyond just finding evidence in the Gemini app, we’ve seen a leak highlighting the feature for Gemini on the web.
Now both tools are starting to appear for Gemini users, supporting editing as well as analysis.
Google has already given us lots of great tools for working with imagery, and a couple months back we spotted evidence of development on another big one: Letting you mark up images you share with the Gemini app. Then a few weeks ago a leak revealed that Google was prepping the same sort of markup trick for Gemini on the web. And now, both appear to actively be in testing.
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After getting a tip from user Diego on Telegram, we fired up Gemini to check, and can confirm we’re also seeing this markup ability present in both the Gemini app, as well as Gemini on desktop in Chrome. Upon first attaching an image in Gemini on Android, the app will let you know about the new ability:
Diego / Telegram
We spotted that same editing-based intro note in our last teardown, but rest assured, that’s not the only thing this tool is good for, and just like we initially expected, it also works for directing Gemini’s attention to certain areas of an image.
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