Google’s Photoshop-Killer AI Model Is Coming to Search, Photos, and NotebookLM

Why It Matters

The move upgrades Google’s in‑product generative tools, aiming to boost user engagement across core services and position Google as a more direct rival to standalone image editors like Photoshop while smoothing friction in everyday visual content creation.

Summary

Google is integrating its Nano Banana image‑editing model from Gemini 2.5 Flash into Search (Lens and AI Mode), Google Photos, and NotebookLM, letting users perform conversational image edits and apply new Nano Banana–powered video styles directly in those apps. The rollout adds a “Create” button in Lens, a “Create image” tool in AI Mode, and new NotebookLM video styles (whiteboard, anime, retro print) plus a Brief/Explainer format, with Photos support arriving in the coming weeks. The move upgrades Google’s in‑product generative tools, aiming to boost user engagement across core services and position Google as a more direct rival to standalone image editors like Photoshop while smoothing friction in everyday visual content creation.