Google’s newest venture in daily AI has an intriguing name, Nano Banana. Beneath the whimsical term is one of the tech giant’s most user-friendly tools to date: a Gemini 2.5-powered image generation within Google Lens. The functionality enables users to modify, mash up, and generate images simply by describing what they want to see.
Nano Banana represents Google’s first significant effort to bring together virtual search and generative AI. Rather than using filters or photo-editing apps, users can now use prompts to edit or create photos in real time.
The technology of complicated image contexts. Whether it’s converting a selfie into a movie poster or combining two photographs into a dreamlike landscape, Nano Banana enables users to generate visual content without technical expertise. It’s the new direction of bringing AI creativity directly into search.
To give it a go, open Google Lens. In the bottom menu bar, tap ‘Create’ mode, represented by a tiny banana symbol. Take a photo, or simply upload one from the gallery.
Enter a command like ‘turn this into a figurine’ or ‘make the image in saree’, and Nano Banana will produce results in seconds. Users can then refine the image with additional commands like ‘add neon light’ or ‘make it cinematic.’
Google automatically adds a watermark to AI-generated or edited images to ensure transparency.
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The feature is launching in India and the US, with international rollouts planned for the coming months. Though it’s framed as a creative too, Nano Banana also signals Google’s growing aspiration to bring generative AI to the mainstream, not only in research labs but also in everyday user interactions.
For the moment, Nano Banana is a cheeky test and a warning of just how rapidly AI-powered creativity is being integrated into tools that billions are already using daily.