Google is rolling out Google Pics, a new AI-powered image generation and editing suite for Google Workspace. Jess Weatherbed reports for The Verge that the service combines Gemini with Google’s Nano Banana image model and is designed for business graphics such as marketing materials, presentations, and product visuals.
Google Pics is available as a standalone Workspace app and inside Google Docs and Google Slides. A Drive integration is due in the coming weeks, according to Google. In Docs and Slides, users can select an existing image and open Pics’ editing tools directly from the document or presentation.
More control over image edits
The app lets users generate new images from prompts, but its main feature is more targeted editing. Users can select individual objects or text inside an image, then describe the change they want. The tools can alter objects, adjust layouts, translate text, and reformat copy within an image.
Google also includes practical production features. Users can upscale images to 2K or 4K, crop visuals for web, social media, print, or digital formats, and share designs with colleagues for collaboration.
The launch places Google more directly against Canva and Adobe Express, which offer similar combinations of design templates, editing tools, and generative AI. Google says many teams still face inconsistent AI results and move between several applications to produce usable campaign and presentation imagery. Pics is intended to bring those steps into Workspace.
The rollout covers Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, and Enterprise Plus customers. It is also available to subscribers of Google AI Pro, Google AI Ultra, and Google AI Pro for Education.
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