- Google’s Nano Banana AI image model is now integrated into search via Lens and NotebookLM
- In Search, users can take or upload photos and use AI prompts to transform them.
- NotebookLM can leverage Nano Banana to enhance video previews with six creative styles and two summary formats.
Google’s latest visual AI model, Gemini 2.5 Flash, known as Nano Banana, is now rolling out to Google Search and NotebookLM, with Google Photos next on the menu. Google hopes you enjoy using the generative AI model as it is integrated directly into the tools you already use.
In Google search, Nano Banana appears via Google Lens and AI mode. Tap the new “Create” tab and you can point your phone at an object, select an image, or upload a photo and ask the AI to transform it however you want. You can also generate images entirely from scratch using AI mode and whatever prompt you choose.
Meanwhile, in NotebookLM, Nano Banana is working behind the scenes to power the video presentation tool that turns your uploaded documents into narrated explainer videos.
Now, these previews come with six new visual styles: Watercolor, Papercraft, Anime, Whiteboard, Retro Print, and Heritage. You can also switch between two types of videos: an in-depth “explainer” and a much smaller “brief”.
You select the documents or notes you want to summarize, click “Video Overview,” and customize the resulting video using drop-down menus or inline text prompts. The new visuals are not only decorative, they are also context sensitive. Nano Banana extracts illustrations from the content of your documents, meaning the animations relate to what is being said rather than relying on stock visuals.
Many people might find Nano Banana useful in both applications, whether it’s students using NotebookLM to prepare for exams or mocking up posters in Lens for a work presentation. It’s a bit like a visual version of the Gmail autocomplete and smart replies already offered by Google.
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Google’s efforts in this area are familiar to those who study how AI tools appear in existing software. Microsoft’s Copilot is part of Edge and Office, while OpenAI’s models are used in more and more third-party applications. Adobe wants to make AI image tools available in Photoshop and beyond, including using Nano Banana.
Google has some advantage only in the quality of Nano Banana, which the company says has been used to create more than five billion images. It provides a level of consistency that people appreciate, preserving facial details, object layout, and image style.
Of course, it’s not perfect and sometimes prompts are misinterpreted or errors arise. But for many users, the tradeoff between speed and finish is more than acceptable.
Google promises this isn’t the end of Nano Banana’s expansion. Google Photos will also have access to the template, which will likely allow for more stylized and editable versions of your existing photo memories.
Unless, of course, you just want to use the new Nano Banana compatible camera gear that’s now available for sale.
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