Google Search will let you instantly generate AI images for free - here's how

Google is adding AI image generation to Google Images, allowing users to create images directly from search results when existing images don't match their needs. The feature, powered by Google's Nano Banana model, will roll out in English over the coming weeks in supported regions. Google Images is also getting a makeover with real-time image updates and improved collection tabs.

Google Search will let you instantly generate AI images for free - here's how Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source https://cc.zdnet.com/v1/otc/00hQi47eqnEWQ6T9d4QLBUc?element=BODY&element label=Add+us+as+a+preferred+Google+source&module=LINK&object type=text-link&object uuid=5e5d2e64-4b30-43e6-8555-26eac7e449f3&position=1&template=article&track code= COM CLICK ID &url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fpreferences%2Fsource%3Fq%3Dzdnet.com&view instance uuid=379e95d2-6b56-476b-a90b-043a8dd63bd3 link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https://cc.zdnet.com/v1/otc/00hQi47eqnEWQ6T9d4QLBUc?element=BODY&element label=Add+us+as+a+preferred+Google+source&module=LINK&object type=text-link&object uuid=5e5d2e64-4b30-43e6-8555-26eac7e449f3&position=1&template=article&track code= COM CLICK ID &url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fpreferences%2Fsource%3Fq%3Dzdnet.com&view instance uuid=379e95d2-6b56-476b-a90b-043a8dd63bd3%22,%22target%22:%22 blank%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22Add%20us%20as%20a%20preferred%20source%22%7D on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways - Google Images is getting two new features over the coming weeks. - You'll be able to create your own images if you can't find the right one. - The site will update images in real time and help you view your saved images. Google Images https://images.google.com/ is a handy visual search engine that helps you track down photos and other images across the web. Now celebrating its 25th birthday, the site can come in handy if you need an image for a presentation, report, newsletter, business card, web page, or other content. But sometimes you may not be able to find the right image. In that case, Google will let you create your own. Also: Tired of AI Overviews? I found 9 Google Search alternatives that showed me links again AI image generation is soon expanding to Google Images. When a search for an image doesn't deliver the results you desire, your search term can transform into a text prompt. From there, Google will use its latest Nano Banana model https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-nano-banana-2-image-generation/ to conjure up the kind of image you want. The image creation occurs directly inside the AI Overviews window, so you don't even need to leave your existing search. "Sometimes, the perfect image is out there on the web, waiting to be found," Google said in a Tuesday blog post. "But other times, you might have a highly specific vision where an image doesn't yet exist. To help bring those unique ideas to life, we're bringing image generation directly into AI Overviews in Search." Google Images gets a makeover, too The new image generation in AI Overviews will roll out in English over the coming weeks, promises Google. Any region https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/16649374?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid zippy=%2Csupported-countries-and-territories that currently supports image creation in AI mode will be able to do likewise in AI Overviews. And there's more. Google Images itself is getting a makeover. The page's gallery of images will be more dynamic, meaning the images displayed will be updated in real time and tailored to your specific interests. Also: 13 Google Photos settings I always change on every new device - and why As you browse the resulting images, you'll be able to save the ones you like to a collection as always. But now your collections will appear as tabs above the main gallery. You'll then be able to jump back and forth more easily between your saved images and your ongoing search. This makeover will roll out over the coming weeks to Google Images on the desktop in the US in English. At that point, you'll just need to sign in with your Google account to try it. Featured Editorial standards /editorial-guidelines/