Google is integrating Nano Banana right into its app’s search bar

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Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority


TL;DR

• You may soon be able to generate images straight from the search bar in AI Mode while in the Google app.
• You’ll be able to tap on the plus icon and select “Create images” to generate a result.

There are plenty of ways to access Google’s image generator, Nano Banana. You can visit the Gemini website and select “Create image” or open up Google Search, tap on Lens, and it will be there waiting for you. Earlier today, we even reported that Nano Banana has made the jump to Chrome Canary for Android, allowing you to generate images right from the address bar. It looks like that won’t be the only new home for Nano Banana.

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In early October, one of our APK teardowns revealed that Google was testing an image generation feature for AI Mode in the Google app. Powered by Nano Banana, this feature was not live at the time. However, our APK teardown of the Google app (version 16.47.49.ve.arm64) today shows the feature in action.




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