Google has begun sprinkling its Nano Banana image generation magic onto core services like Google Search, Google Photos and its AI research tool, NotebookLM, expanding its reach beyond dedicated AI tools into the essential apps billions use daily, including those currently unfamiliar with artificial intelligence.

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That's because Google recently integrated Nano Banana — the company's AI-powered image generation and editing tool — into Gemini's new Gemini 2.5 Flash Image. Simply put, if you go to Google AI Studio or to the Gemini App, you should be able to make better photo creations. In Mashable's tests, Nano Banana works particularly well as an image editor.

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