Gemini Release Notes

Here’s a recap of our biggest AI updates from February, including highlights from the AI Impact Summit in India, the release of Gemini 3.1 Pro and Nano Banana 2.

For more than 20 years, we’ve invested in machine learning and AI research, tools and infrastructure to build products that make everyday life better for more people. Teams across Google are working on ways to unlock AI’s benefits in fields as wide-ranging as healthcare, crisis response and education. To keep you posted on our progress, we're doing a regular roundup of Google's most recent AI news.

Here’s a look back at some of our AI announcements from February.

For us, February was about global impact. At the AI Impact Summit in India, we demonstrated how our ongoing breakthroughs in AI are now solving real-world challenges for people everywhere — and we launched new partnerships and investments to make sure everyone benefits. We see AI as an enabling technology that can help people achieve their goals — whether you're a researcher, entrepreneur or Olympic athlete. On the slopes, in a research lab, or right in the palm of your hand, Google's latest AI announcements are here to help you.

AI to help everyone dream bigger

We announced new partnerships and investments at the AI Impact Summit. As world leaders gathered in New Delhi, India, we shared how we’re partnering to make AI work for everyone. That includes new Impact Challenges to help advance science and spark innovation for governments, as well as new national partnerships in India for AI and collaborations to accelerate scalable AI solutions in science and education.

CEO Sundar Pichai delivered opening remarks at the AI Impact Summit. Sundar explained why “no technology has [him] dreaming bigger than AI” and called on leaders to pursue AI boldly, approach it responsibly, and work through this moment in AI’s development together. He shared ways that Google is ensuring everyone benefits with major infrastructure investments and new AI skills training.

AI to help express your creativity

We released Nano Banana 2, combining Pro image capabilities with Flash image speed. That means you can now access high-quality image generation with faster results across products like the Gemini app and Google Search. We’re also continuing to improve tools like SynthID to help you identify AI-generated content. Developers can now build with Nano Banana 2 and deploy sophisticated visual creation at scale with an amazing price-performance ratio.

We released our most advanced music generation tools. Lyria 3 allows you to create custom music in the Gemini app. That means you can describe an idea or upload a photo or video, and Gemini will generate a 30-second track with custom cover art. On top of sharing that news, we also shared six tips to get you started prompting Lyria 3. And as an added creative tool, we also announced that ProducerAI is joining Google Labs. Whether you’re refining lyrics or a melody, ProducerAI is a music creation partner that can help turn your imagination into dynamic, comprehensive songs.

We shared new ways to create images and videos in Flow. To help you generate, edit and animate images and videos in a single workspace, we’re bringing our top AI capabilities into Flow. You can create high-fidelity images and instantly use them as building blocks for video generation, all in one place. With an updated interface, it’s now even easier to search, filter and manage your assets.

AI to help clarify and manage complex challenges

We released Gemini 3.1 Pro to help tackle your most complex tasks. Gemini 3.1 Pro is a smarter, more capable baseline model for complex problem-solving, demonstrating more than double the reasoning performance of 3 Pro. It’s designed to help you when a simple answer isn’t enough, whether you’re looking for a clear, visual explanation of a topic, synthesizing data into a single view or pulling together a creative project. Gemini 3.1 Pro is available to developers, enterprises and consumers via various platforms.

We released a major upgrade to Gemini 3 Deep Think. We collaborated with world-class scientists and researchers to improve Gemini 3 Deep Think. Designed specifically for the complexities of science and engineering, the updated Gemini 3 Deep Think excels where data is messy and solutions aren't black-and-white. It moves beyond abstract theory to deliver practical, actionable results for technical challenges. The new Deep Think is now available in the Gemini app for Google AI Ultra subscribers. Researchers, engineers and enterprises can express interest in early access to test Deep Think via the Gemini API.

We shared our view on what’s required to achieve digital resilience in the AI era at MSC. New technologies mean new frontiers for strategic competition. We’re already seeing how threats are evolving, and how old ways of responding are failing to meet the moment. That’s why at the 62nd Munich Security Conference, Google President of Global Affairs Kent Walker called for a collaborative approach to security and outlined how partners could work together to build resilience without sacrificing control over their data.

AI to help athletes (and their fans) elevate their game

We shared how Google Cloud helped Team USA find their edge with AI. Ahead of the Olympic Winter Games, Google Cloud and Google DeepMind built an AI video analysis tool to help Team USA and U.S. Ski & Snowboard elite athletes analyze their tricks. Using Google DeepMind’s research into spatial intelligence, the platform maps an athlete’s motion directly from 2D video images — even through bulky winter gear. The tool, which runs on Google Cloud, processes this data in minutes, providing near real-time feedback that athletes and coaches could use to make adjustments and help elevate performance.

We shared our new Gemini ad for football’s biggest weekend. In our national in-game spot, "New Home," a mother and son use Gemini to bring their new house to life, imagining how different spaces will look and feel. The spot, named by the Kellogg School as the best in-game ad in its annual ranking, played during the big game and highlighted just a few of the amazing things people can do — and are doing — with Gemini.

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Explore the latest Pixel features, including new ways to shop with Circle to Search, safety features on Pixel Watch and restaurant recommendations from Magic Cue.

Our March Pixel Drop is here, and your Pixel devices just became even more intuitive, personal and helpful. Updates start rolling out today and will continue over the next several weeks. Check out what’s new below and learn about additional updates coming to Pixel devices in the latest Android launches.

Get the full picture with Circle to Search

Circle to Search is great at helping you learn more about something you see on your screen. And with multi-object image recognition you can get inspired by everything you see on your screen. Whether you want to identify every plant in a botanical garden, find out more about characters in a movie trailer or learn about the different dishes in a bento box you see online, Circle to Search can now help you explore every detail of an image. See an outfit that you love while scrolling? You can use Circle to Search on your Pixel 10 device to find every piece of the look.1 Simply circle the entire outfit, and Google will help you find all of the items you see — from the warm wool maxi coat to the oxford shoes — all in one search.

To take the guesswork out of shopping, once you find an item you like, you can easily try it on right in Circle to Search. Just select an eligible product and tap the new "Try It On" button right within the image result. You can either upload your own photo or select a model to see how the item looks.2

Offload your to-do list to Gemini

Let Gemini handle your busy work. From ordering groceries to booking a rideshare service to reordering your usual coffee, Gemini works with your apps in the background to complete everyday tasks.3 And you have the option to view or end tasks, too, so you’re in control.4 This is available as a beta feature in the Gemini app.

Find restaurant recommendations with Magic Cue and Gemini

Finding the right place to eat just got a lot easier: When you’re texting with friends about restaurant ideas, Magic Cue prompts you to use Gemini to find the perfect spot. With just a tap, Gemini opens a new window within the chat with restaurant options based on your conversation, without you having to switch apps. You never have to leave the chat, so you can stay in the moment with your friends.5

Keep track of your tunes in the Now Playing app

Your Pixel’s built-in music recognition tool is getting its own home. Now Playing is now a standalone app, so you can keep track of all your music — from new discoveries to old favorites. You can also use the history tab to see everything in one place and then play tracks in your preferred music app.6

See more at a glance

Need quick updates on transit delays affecting your commute?7 Or real-time game scores?8 How about a look at your financial portfolio?9 At a Glance can now help you find the best route home, follow your favorite sports team, stay updated with Google Finance and so much more.

Generate custom icons that suit your home screen

Make your home screen even more you. Choose from five AI-generated styles that will give all the icons across your display a consistent aesthetic that matches your unique personality. You can also try them in the new SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Pack, too!

Access AI features in more regions

Scam Detection in Phone by Google is now available on Pixel phones in France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Germany and Japan. Designed for your peace of mind, this feature recognizes speech patterns common by fraudsters and alerts you when a conversation turns suspicious.10

And in India, Call Notes allows you to easily review your phone conversations. Your Pixel phone will record and transcribe your calls, making it easy for you to look back on calls whenever you need to.11

Protect your phone with your Pixel Watch

Pixel Watch now works proactively to secure your phone: It sends instant alerts if you accidentally leave it behind and automatically locks your phone the moment you move out of range.12 Plus, a connected watch and phone now offer faster identity checks13 for smooth, secure access.

Get the peace of mind that finding your belongings is always just a tap away. Now you can also find your misplaced devices and essentials in seconds, right from your wrist with Find Hub on Pixel Watch. Directly ring any device that’s within Bluetooth range, or if it’s out of range, you’ll get the device’s location and directions on a map.

Use more AI-powered magic and one-handed gestures on Pixel Watches

The intuitive, one-handed gestures we brought to Pixel Watch 4 are now expanding to Pixel Watch 3. Whether you’re carrying groceries or grabbing a coffee, double pinch or turn your wrist to answer calls, snap a photo or pause your workout music — all without touching the screen.14

Plus, pay even more conveniently without compromising security. After you toggle on the new express pay feature, and when it’s enabled, just turn and tap your Pixel Watch to the reader to buy — no need to open the Google Wallet app first!15

Stay safe and alert

We’re expanding our suite of safety tools to make Pixel Watch even more essential. The new standalone earthquake alerts notify you of nearby earthquakes in real-time and can provide seconds of warning so you can take protective action.16

Satellite SOS, first launched on Pixel Watch 4 in the contiguous U.S., is now available in Canada, Europe, Alaska and Hawaii.17 18

You can visit our community forum post for the full list of new features arriving on your Pixel devices this month.

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Get best-in-class intelligence for your highest-volume workloads.

Today, we're introducing Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, our fastest and most cost-efficient Gemini 3 series model. Built for high-volume developer workloads at scale, 3.1 Flash-Lite delivers high quality for its price and model tier.

Starting today, 3.1 Flash-Lite is rolling out in preview to developers via the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and for enterprises via Vertex AI.

Cost-efficiency without compromise

Priced at just $0.25/1M input tokens and $1.50/1M output tokens, 3.1 Flash-Lite delivers enhanced performance at a fraction of the cost of larger models. It outperforms 2.5 Flash with a 2.5X faster Time to First Answer Token and 45% increase in output speed, according to the Artificial Analysis benchmark while maintaining similar or better quality. This low latency is needed for high-frequency workflows, making it an ideal model for developers to build responsive, real-time experiences.

3.1 Flash-Lite achieves an impressive Elo score of 1432 on the Arena.ai Leaderboard and outperforms other models of similar tier across reasoning and multimodal understanding benchmarks, including 86.9% on GPQA Diamond and 76.8% on MMMU Pro–even surpassing larger Gemini models from prior generations like 2.5 Flash.

Adaptive intelligence at scale for developers

Beyond its raw performance, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite comes standard with thinking levels in AI Studio and Vertex AI, giving developers the control and flexibility to select how much the model “thinks” for a task, which is critical for managing high-frequency workloads. 3.1 Flash-Lite can tackle tasks at scale, like high-volume translation and content moderation, where cost is a priority. And it can also handle more complex workloads where more in-depth reasoning is needed, like generating user interfaces and dashboards, creating simulations or following instructions.

Early-access developers on AI Studio and Vertex AI, and companies like Latitude, Cartwheel and Whering are already using 3.1 Flash-Lite to solve complex problems at scale. Early testers highlighted 3.1 Flash-Lite’s efficiency and reasoning capabilities, saying it can handle complex inputs with the precision of a larger-tier model, plus follow instructions and maintain adherence.

We look forward to seeing what you build with 3.1 Flash-Lite and the rest of the Gemini 3 series models.

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What’s new in the Gemini app in February's Gemini Drop

Gemini is constantly evolving to be your most useful AI partner. Our latest Gemini Drop features new ways to automate your workflows and spark your creativity:

• Lyria 3, our most advanced music model, now allows you to create 30-second tracks in beta. Simply use text or images to generate a custom soundtrack that matches your vibe for any occasion.
• Gemini 3.1 introduces significantly improved intelligence for solving complex problems. This release features 3.1 Pro for demanding workflows, and Deep Think, a specialized reasoning mode for modern science and engineering (available for Google AI Ultra subscribers).
• Bring visual ideas to life with higher fidelity using Nano Banana 2. Our newest image model allows you to add text in any language to your creations with real-world accuracy and incredible speed.
• Veo Templates offer the perfect start to your next video. Browse the gallery for inspiration, pick a style you love and remix it with your own details for a polished, unique result.
• Find verified scientific citations straight from the source without digging through pages of search results. Gemini now provides direct links to scientific papers, ensuring your research is backed by high-quality data.

Find out even more on the Gemini Drops Hub.

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Share festive messages in a new way

This new Gemini experience lets you create personalized 30-second musical greetings and custom cover art to send to loved ones for the Year of the Fire Horse.

Millions of people worldwide celebrate the Lunar New Year. It serves as a beautiful time for family reunions, traditional foods and honoring ancestors. As we welcome the “Year of the Fire Horse” in 2026, we want to help you connect with your loved ones in a uniquely creative way. Today, we’re introducing a new experience inside the Gemini app that allows you to create and share highly personalized musical tracks to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

With our newly released Lyria 3 model, this feature transforms the traditional greeting into a personalized, high-fidelity 30-second audio track complete with bespoke cover art.

Whether you want to create a Mandopop-Trap "hype song" for your reunion dinner with friends, a respectful Classical pop song for your elders or a lighthearted Luk Thung track to gently tease a sibling, the Gemini app offers a unique way to send festive messages.

Create your Gemini “Year of the Fire Horse” greeting

Creating a personalized musical gift is built entirely around a simple prompt in the Gemini app. Here’s how you can get started:

• Look for the banner: Open your Gemini app and tap the "Try it" button on the time-limited Year of the Horse discovery banner located on the home screen. (The banner is available to Gemini app users in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, Taiwan, Brunei and Mongolia until March 3, wrapping up alongside the traditional Lantern Festival.)
• Share the details: Gemini will prompt you to provide the recipient's name and a primary personal message.
• Add some personality: To make the song truly unique, you can provide specific details about the recipient's hobbies, quirks or other facts about them.
• Choose your genre: Select from diverse music styles like Rock, Ballad, Chinese Classical, R&B, Jazz, Mandopop-Trap or Luk Thung to match the recipient's musical taste.
• Preview and share: Gemini will synthesize your inputs into original lyrics, compose the audio track and generate custom "Year of the Fire Horse" cover art featuring traditional red and gold motifs. You can review it all directly within the chat interface.

Once your custom greeting is ready, you can export it with a single tap to major messaging platforms like WhatsApp, WeChat, KakaoTalk and iMessage.

If you prefer to generate the track manually, or if you’re not in one of the regions where the discovery banner is available, you can simply copy and paste the following prompt directly into Gemini to start the experience:

"Sequentially ask me for the recipient's name and a personal message, then in a separate turn inquire about their hobbies or quirks and finally ask for a genre preference with examples and a language choice. Once all details are gathered, synthesize the information into original song lyrics, compose the audio track and generate "Lunar New Year - Year of the Horse" cover art, strictly adhering to traditional red and gold motifs and definitely include a dynamic horse imagery that reflects the recipient’s personality."

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Conversation history is coming to the
Gemini side panel in Google Workspace apps. This feature will enable users to resume their conversations with Gemini across sessions. This history will only persist in a single app and conversations will remain private. For example, a conversation in the side panel of Google Docs will not appear in the side panel of Google Sheets, and a conversation in the side panel of a shared file will not be visible to other users with access to that file.

Timeline

• As of February 25, 2026: Admin controls for conversation history are available. See below for more details and recommended actions.
• Starting March 3, 2026: Conversation history will start rolling out to end users participating in the Gemini Alpha and Workspace Labs programs.
• No sooner than March 17, 2026: Conversation history will begin rolling out to all other Workspace users. We’ll provide an update on this blog before that rollout begins.

Accessing conversation history in the side panel of Google Drive

Deletion controls

This launch includes two new controls for administrators to ensure conversation data management aligns with organizational policies: the ability to decide if users can manually delete their history and the ability to set automated retention periods to manage the data lifecycle effectively. These settings can be configured at the domain, organizational unit, or group level.

This launch does not include Vault support or the ability for end users to auto-delete conversations; we’ll roll these features out in the future. Stay tuned to the Workspace Updates blog for more details when these features launch.

Getting started

• Admins: Visit the Help Center to learn how to manage Gemini in Workspace conversation history for your organization using the settings below.
  • Manual deletion: This setting is ON by default, meaning end users can manually delete individual conversations unless the setting is changed.
  • Auto-deletion: Conversations are stored indefinitely by default, unless admins enable auto-deletion. If enabled, admins can choose to delete inactive chats after three months, 18 months, or three years.
• End users: Once the feature is live, users can access their history within the Gemini side panel of the specific app they are using.
  • History will only begin to populate once the feature is live for a specific user; conversations held prior to the rollout will not be saved.
  • Users must have smart features and personalization turned on to access Gemini in Workspace services.
  • Conversations remain private; users can only view their own individual history.
  • Depending on the admin settings above, users may be able to manually delete individual conversations.

Rollout pace

• Admin controls
  • Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now
• End-user visibility
  • Users in Gemini Alpha program: Full rollout (1–3 days for feature visibility) starting on March 3, 2026
  • All other users in Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on March 17, 2026

Availability

• Business: Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
• Enterprise: Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
• Other Editions: Frontline Plus
• Education: Education Plus
• Other Add-ons: Teaching & Learning
• AI Add-ons: Google AI Pro for Education
• Consumer: Google AI Pro and Ultra

Note: Gemini in Workspace is currently available to users over the age of 18 with eligible Google Workspace plans.

Resources

• Google Help: Manage Gemini conversation history settings

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Our latest update to Nano Banana brings higher fidelity, faster advanced editing, with improved world knowledge.

Today, we’re introducing Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image), which brings high-fidelity image generation and faster, advanced editing to the new Flash model. It allows you to deploy sophisticated visual creation at scale with an amazing price-performance ratio.

Here’s a look at the new capabilities you can build with in Google AI Studio or the Gemini API. A paid api key is required to use the model on Google AI Studio.

Improved world knowledge

Nano Banana 2 leverages the Gemini model’s broad world knowledge to create enhanced visuals using images via web search. This allows developers to generate more detailed depictions inspired by real-life references.

To show this visual grounding in action, we built an example app called “Window Seat” that uses Nano Banana 2’s knowledge and web image search to create photorealistic window views inspired by world locations and live weather data.

Advanced text rendering and localization

Building dynamic UI generators or creative tools requires text that is crisp and accurate. Nano Banana 2 delivers an upgrade from previous Flash image models with more reliable text rendering.

Whether you're building applications that produce images at scale or creative apps, text can now render with the same precision as the artwork. Nano Banana 2 also supports in-image localization, allowing you to generate or translate text across multiple languages directly within the image.

To show these capabilities, we built a demo app “Global Ad Localizer” that translates an advertisement into different languages for international markets. Not only does this highlight the model's advanced in-image localization by rendering translated text, it simultaneously understands and localizes the visuals as well.

Greater creative control and consistency

Nano Banana 2 delivers speed and visual fidelity, with vibrant lighting, richer textures and sharper details. You now have more control over these high-fidelity outputs with several advanced creative features:

• Native aspect ratios: Seamlessly generate or edit images to fit your project requirement, with native support for all existing aspect ratios we have now added 4:1, 1:4, 8:1 and 1:8. Find the full list of aspect ratios supported.
• New 512px resolution: Optimize for efficiency. Joining our 1K, 2K and 4K offerings, this new resolution tier minimizes latency for rapid-fire iterations and heavy-duty pipelines.
• Improved instruction following: The model adheres much more strictly to complex, multi-layered developer prompts, helping to ensure the image your application requests is what is generated.
• Configurable thinking levels: You now have more control over the model's reasoning. Adjust thinking levels (Minimal (default) vs. High/Dynamic) to allow the model to reason through complex prompts before rendering, significantly improving output quality and prompt adherence.

Our “Pet Passport” demo takes a single photo of your pet and sends them on a global adventure to famous landmarks. It maintains your pet's appearance across different global destinations. For a truly custom output, we have included different creative controls settings.

Built for production: what developers are saying

We are already seeing incredible innovation from partners who have integrated the model into their production workflows to scale their visual features:

"By integrating Nano Banana 2’s advanced image generation and editing capabilities, Whering has been able to transform low-quality user photos into professional, studio-grade assets while preserving authentic textures. Its ability to return structured, predictable outputs has allowed our team to build quickly without sacrificing the complex image classification our users rely on" — Bianca Rangecroft, CEO, Whering

Build with Nano Banana 2 today

You can start building via a paid api key with Nano Banana 2 today. The model is available now via the Gemini API in Google AI Studio, for enterprise deployment on Vertex AI. It is available for use in Google Antigravity and Firebase. Here are a few places to get started:

• Jump right into the Gemini API developer docs
• Explore the app gallery and build apps in Google AI Studio with Nano Banana 2
• Experiment and test out the model in Google AI Studio
• Dive into the cookbook

We’re excited to see what you build with Nano Banana 2.

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Our latest image generation model offers advanced world knowledge, production-ready specs, subject consistency and more, all at Flash speed.

In August of last year, our Gemini Image model, Nano Banana, became a viral sensation, redefining image generation and editing. Then in November, we released Nano Banana Pro, offering users advanced intelligence and studio-quality creative control. Today, we’re bringing the best of both worlds to users across Google.

Introducing Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image), our latest state-of-the-art image model. Now you can get the advanced world knowledge, quality and reasoning you love in Nano Banana Pro, at lightning-fast speed.

Intelligence and visual quality at Flash speed

Nano Banana 2 brings the high-speed intelligence of Gemini Flash to visual generation, making rapid edits and iteration possible. It makes once-exclusive Pro features accessible to a wider audience, including:

• Advanced world knowledge: The model pulls from Gemini’s real-world knowledge base, and is powered by real-time information and images from web search to more accurately render specific subjects. This deep understanding also helps you create infographics, turn notes into diagrams and generate data visualizations.
• Precision text rendering and translation: Nano Banana 2 allows you to generate accurate, legible text for marketing mockups or greeting cards. You can even translate and localize text within an image to share your ideas globally.

Enhanced creative control

Nano Banana 2 also dramatically closes the gap between speed and visual fidelity, delivering high-quality, photorealistic imagery. Here’s what our newest model offers and has improved on from the original Nano Banana:

• Subject consistency: Maintain character resemblance of up to five characters and the fidelity of up to 14 objects in a single workflow, allowing you to storyboard and build narratives without altering the appearance of your inputs.
• Precise instruction following: With enhanced instruction following, the model adheres more strictly to your complex requests, capturing the specific nuances of your idea so the image you get is the image you asked for.
• Production-ready specs: Make attention grabbing assets with full control of various aspect ratios and resolutions from 512px to 4K, ensuring your visuals stay sharp whether they are for a vertical social post or a wide-screen backdrop.
• Visual fidelity upgrade: Nano Banana 2 delivers vibrant lighting, richer textures and sharper details, maintaining high-quality aesthetics at the speed expected from Flash.

Try Nano Banana 2 today

Whatever your needs, we now offer the perfect tool for every workflow: Nano Banana Pro for high-fidelity tasks requiring maximum factual accuracy, or Nano Banana 2 for rapid generation, precise instruction following and integrated image-search grounding.

Nano Banana 2 is rolling out today across Google products, including:

• Gemini app: Nano Banana 2 will replace Nano Banana Pro across the Fast, Thinking and Pro models. Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers will keep access to Nano Banana Pro for specialized tasks by regenerating images via the three-dot menu.
• Search: In AI Mode and Lens, through the Google app as well as mobile and desktop browsers. View availability here, including 141 new countries and territories and eight additional languages.
• AI Studio + API: Available in preview in AI Studio and Gemini API. Pricing here. Also available in Google Antigravity.
• Google Cloud: Available in preview with the Gemini API in Vertex AI.
• Flow: Nano Banana 2 is the new default image generation model in Flow, available to all Flow users for zero credits.
• Google Ads: Nano Banana 2 is available now, powering suggestions while creating campaigns in Google Ads.

Robust provenance: marking and verification

As generative media evolves, so must the tools we use to identify and understand it. We continue to deepen our provenance approach, by coupling our state-of-the-art SynthID technology with interoperable C2PA Content Credentials, we provide users with a more holistic and contextual view of not just if AI was used, but how.

Our provenance tools are already making an impact. Since its launch in November, our SynthID verification feature in Gemini app has been used over 20 million times across various languages, helping people identify Google AI-generated images, video and audio. We’ll soon be bringing C2PA verification to the Gemini app, too.

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Let Gemini handle your to-do list

When you’re juggling a million things at once, sometimes you just need to delegate. We’ve all been there–wishing you could effortlessly hand off tasks like ordering a ride, organizing your dinner order or building your grocery cart. Usually, these tasks mean stopping your day to manually set everything up.

Now, we have an early preview of how to get these tasks done. Starting as a beta feature in the Gemini app on select devices like the Galaxy S26 series, you can offload these tedious, multi-step tasks to Gemini with just a long press of the side button. Starting in the US and Korea, simply tell Gemini what you need, and it gets to work.

When you choose to use this feature, Gemini runs in the background and your phone is still yours to use. Shoot a quick text or check your email while it navigates the task you requested. You remain in control with the option to view the live progress straight from your notifications, jump in or stop a task.

From "Book a ride home" to "Reorder my last meal," Gemini can now help handle it for you. This beta feature will be initially available for select apps in the food, grocery and rideshare categories.

Find that perfect look, faster

Circle to Search is a great tool to search anything you see on your Android device. It’s already completely changed how people interact with more than 580 million Android devices. Starting today, we’re enhancing Circle to Search with multi-object image recognition, so you can get inspired by everything you see on your screen. For times when you’re looking up design inspiration for an entire gallery wall, not just a single piece of art. Or if you’re scrolling and you find an outfit you love online—but you want to search for the full aesthetic, not just one piece of the look. Now, you can find the entire look to help curate your vibe.

With a single gesture, Circle to Search will instantly identify visual matches for every piece—from the top to footwear and everything in between. From there, you can scroll through for inspiration and narrow down your vision. We’re also expanding how you can try on items virtually. Now, you can even see how an article of clothing looks on you to ensure it is just right, right from Circle to Search. Just upload a photo and virtually try on similar styles from your favorite brands.

Connect with more confidence

Staying connected with friends and family should be worry-free. To give you more peace of mind, we’re using on-device intelligence to bring proactive protection to your calls. Using our on-device Gemini model, Google’s advanced Scam Detection is now available directly in the Samsung Phone app on Galaxy S26 devices. If a potential scam is detected during a call, you’ll receive an instant audio and haptic alert. To protect your privacy, Scam Detection analysis happens entirely on your device, and the feature is automatically off for anyone in your contacts. Learn more about improvements in Scam Detection in our blog post.

See the future first on Android

These updates are the first step in our journey to define a new era of mobile intelligence. Under the hood, Gemini 3 series models are doing the heavy lifting: understanding your goals, asking follow-up questions when needed and proactively suggesting the next logical task to take on. These updates will be available on the Galaxy S26 series at launch, and we’ll be adding more capabilities over time.

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