Nano Banana, the viral image generation and editing model Google released in August as part of Gemini 2.5 Flash, has been used to generate more than 5 billion images to date, and now Google is looking to increase its usage by introducing the model to other popular services. Officially known as Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, the visual tool is now available in Google Search via a Create tab that activates it in Google Lens and AI Mode. It’s also been incorporated into NotebookLM, powering the Video Overviews tool that transforms documents into narrated explainer videos. The company says Nano Banana is also coming soon to Google Photos.

Ars Technica calls it a “Photoshop killer,” and says you can use it “to modify images with just a prompt, and now you don’t even need to go to Gemini to use it.” In Lens on mobile devices, “you can simply open the app (iOS and Android) and snap a photo to get started.”

“When the rollout is complete, you’ll see a ‘Create’ button at the bottom, with a banana icon” that you can tap “to enter a prompt, telling the AI how you’d like the photo changed,” explains Ars Technica.

In Search, you can apply the same changes to uploaded photos selected from your Gallery, Google notes in a blog post. A separate Google explainer details how to use Nano Banana to edit images — doing things like snapping a selfie and trying on theoretical Halloween looks — or generate wholly new images in AI Mode.

In NotebookLM, the Video Overviews are getting “six new visual styles: Watercolor, Papercraft, Anime, Whiteboard, Retro Print, and Heritage,” TechRadar writes, adding that “you can also switch between two types of videos: a deep-dive ‘Explainer’ and a much smaller ‘Brief.’”

Google calls the changes to NotebookLM a “major upgrade,” illustrating them with a demo video.

“The buzz about Google’s Nano Banana hasn’t stopped since its release,” per Tom’s Guide, conceding that “the popularity of Sora 2,” which OpenAI released September 30, may have stolen some of its thunder. (And Microsoft’s MAI-Image-1, now in pre-release, is teed-up to get in on that action.)

Nano Banana is “currently rolling out in English for users in the U.S. and India (with broader language support planned),” says Tom’s, calling it “yet another step toward bridging generative AI with everyday visual tools.”