Releases·Tool Release
Google launches Pics, an AI design tool for Workspace built on Gemini and Nano Banana
Google announced Pics, an AI image-generation and editing tool built on its Nano Banana model, integrated into Google Workspace as a business-focused answer to Canva. It rolls out over the coming weeks to most Workspace customers and Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers. Unlike template-first design tools, Pics uses a prompt-first workflow.
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AI Overview
- Aims to make generating 'professional-grade' AI images less cumbersome for businesses editing marketing and design assets
- Built around Gemini and Google's Nano Banana generative image model
- Aimed at Workspace business users making marketing and design assets
- Positioned against the wave of low-quality AI-generated flyers and chatbot-produced images noted by 404 Media
- Google frames Pics as a Canva-like suite of design tools, saying AI image generation has been a hit for personal use but 'a different story for businesses'
- Rolls out over coming weeks to most Workspace customers and Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers, starting with Docs and Slides, later Drive
- Unlike Canva's royalty marketplace, Pics generates from AI trained on artists' work rather than offering creator-made templates
- Includes editing tools to isolate and transform objects, modify or translate in-image text, multiple generations per prompt, and auto-cropping for different formats
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