Google Unveils Gemini 2.5 Flash Image and Pixel 10 Ask Photos

Google released a major upgrade this week to its image‑editing and generation tools, unveiling a new DeepMind model that promises more natural, consistent photo edits and rolling conversational editing into Google Photos on its new Pixel 10 phones. The Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model, nicknamed nanobanana, and a Pixel‑first Photos feature that lets users edit by typing or speaking commands were announced by the company as they begin to ship to users and developers.

Google said Gemini 2.5 Flash Image improves what has been a persistent weakness in AI image tools: keeping people, pets and objects looking the same across multiple edits. The model can re‑dress or reposition a subject while preserving their likeness, blend two or more photos into a single scene, support step‑by‑step multiturn edits and transfer styles or textures from one image to another. Google DeepMind said the update is live in the Gemini app and available to developers via the Gemini API, Google AI Studio and Vertex AI.

"We're really pushing visual quality forward, as well as the model's ability to follow instructions," Nicole Brichtova, a product lead at Google DeepMind, said in a company interview. Google also...