Google has made an important upgrade to its Gemini AI app with integrated image editing capabilities. With this added feature, you can edit both AI-generated images and your own on the app. You can change backgrounds, swap out objects, and add new items and IRL photos as well, making it far more interactive and fun. 

Key Highlights:

• Gemini app now supports native AI-powered image editing.
• Users can modify both AI-generated and personal photos.
• Features include background changes, object replacement, and element addition.
• All edited images are watermarked with Google's SynthID for authenticity.
• The update is rolling out globally, supporting over 45 languages.

The addition of image editing features in Gemini fits into Google’s overall strategy of offering users a more rich, detailed, and contextualized answer to a user’s prompt. By integrating text and images, users can create rich stories that contain customized images to round out the storytelling process.

Google is now inserting the SynthID digital watermark in all images edited in Gemini to ensure that AI-generated content remains authentic. The digital watermark is invisible and helps ensure that both content integrity and ethical issues surrounding AI-generated images are addressed.

The feature has initiated rollout and will be available to users in most countries in the coming weeks. As it supports over 45 different languages, Google is confident that this advanced image editing will be broadly available across the world. ​

This update not only bolsters the capabilities of the Gemini app but also signifies Google's dedication to innovation in the area of digital content production. By giving people naturally easy to use tools for editing images, Google is continuing to expand what can be done with AI technology.