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Try Google Pics: Easy Image Creation and Editing in Google Workspace

Try Google Pics: Easy Image Creation and Editing in Google Workspace

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Google is embedding its Nano Banana model directly into Workspace, allowing users to edit, segment, and translate images without leaving Docs or Slides.
What: Google Pics is a new image generation and editing tool for AI Pro/Ultra subscribers and business customers. It supports object segmentation, text editing, and collaborative design. Integration with Docs and Slides is available immediately, with Drive support coming soon via pics.new.
Why it matters: This signals Google's move to turn its Workspace productivity suite into a platform for generative media creation, aiming to replace external design tools like Canva for casual business tasks.
Decoder
  • Nano Banana: A proprietary Google image generation model focused on high-precision editing and object-level manipulation.
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Try Google Pics: Easy image creation and editing in Google Workspace

Generate, refine, and co-create images with unparalleled precision. Plus, upcoming Workspace integrations will let you create and edit directly within Google Slides, Docs, and Drive.

Google just launched a new tool called Google Pics that uses AI to help you create and edit images. You can use it to make social media posts or fix up illustrations without needing to be a pro. It’s built right into apps like Docs and Slides, so you don't have to switch tabs to get your work done. You can even team up with friends to edit the same image together.

Google Pics — our image creation and editing tool from Google Workspace — is rolling out over the coming weeks to all Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers and most Workspace business customers.

Built on our Nano Banana image generation and editing model, Pics gives you the control you need to create whatever you're imagining, whether you're designing a poster, producing social media posts, or editing digital illustrations. Google Pics will be both a standalone product and integrated into Workspace apps, starting with Slides, Docs, and Drive, so you’ll be able to edit images where you’re already working.

Precise control meets ease of use

Google Pics includes a suite of fine-tuned editing capabilities that let you generate images and make precise edits rather than starting from scratch. Here are some of the features you can look forward to:

  • Object segmentation: Pics lets you easily isolate an object and transform it without altering the rest of your image. You can input text comments on specific areas to request targeted changes and execute multiple edits at once.
  • In-image text editing and translation: Modify or translate text directly inside an image without disrupting the design or changing the font.
  • Collaborate with others: Share Pics creations with your friends and teammates, then collaborate to edit the same image.
  • Multiple generations: Pics generates several options from a single prompt, so you can choose your favorite from a variety of iterations.

Seamless integrations with Google Workspace

Millions of users interact with billions of images across Workspace products every month. To make this experience even more seamless, we’re bringing Google Pics directly into the tools you already use. You shouldn’t have to jump between applications to create and share visuals. Now, you can harness powerful AI image generation and editing right where you are — no copying, pasting, or switching tabs required.

This integration starts today with Docs and Slides, and will roll out to Drive in the coming weeks.

We can’t wait to see what you create. Try it at pics.new.

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