Google is rolling out a powerful new native image editing feature in its Gemini chatbot app, enabling users to modify both AI-generated and uploaded images directly within the platform.
The update, announced Wednesday, will gradually expand to users in over 45 languages and across most countries in the coming weeks.
With the new multi-step editing flow, users can prompt Gemini to make complex visual changes — such as altering backgrounds, swapping objects, adding new elements, or enhancing personal photos. This functionality makes Gemini’s image editor more versatile and context-aware than many standalone tools, according to Google.
For example, users can upload a selfie and ask Gemini to visualize them with different hair colors, or generate illustrated scenes for custom stories like bedtime tales about dragons. The feature follows a similar update introduced by ChatGPT, aiming to offer deeper AI-powered visual creativity.
To address concerns about deepfakes and image misuse, Google says all edited or AI-created images in Gemini will include an invisible watermark, with visible watermarking currently being tested for added transparency.
This move builds on Google’s earlier image-editing experiments in AI Studio, which drew controversy for enabling watermark removal — an issue that sparked widespread debate. With this latest update, Google aims to balance advanced creative tools with stronger ethical safeguards.
