The new image-editing model, called Google Gemini AI Nano Banana, has helped Google Gemini climb to the top of global app stores since its launch. The update made Gemini the leading one in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany, with the ChatGPT of OpenAI being ranked as the second.
Google Gemini AI Photo Growth
In July 2025, Gemini reached 450 million monthly users, a figure that has increased further with the success of the Google Gemini AI Photo feature. The Nano Banana model, officially titled Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, has been used more than 500 million times. Its ability to edit photos through natural language instructions has made it one of the most widely adopted tools in recent months.
Features of Gemini AI Photo Editor
The Gemini AI Photo Editor allows users to maintain the same character across different images, merge multiple photos, and apply changes through text-based instructions. With this feature, prompts can modify poses, lighting, or styles without creating an entirely new image.
According to experts, the most significant advantage of Google Gemini AI Nano Banana is that it edits existing images in a realistic way rather than producing new synthetic visuals.
Google has also expanded Gemini AI Studio, a platform for developers to test Gemini models and build apps. Through the studio, users can try image generation, prompt testing, and direct photo editing with Gemini 2.5 Flash Image. Developers can also remix demo applications and integrate the model with their own tools.
Popular Prompts for Gemini Photo Editing
Saree portraits, retro cinema posters, fantasy maps, hug your younger self edits are some of the viral trends. These styles spread on the forums, like X and Reddit. Google has provided some real-life examples of the usage of Gemini prompts, but the company is instructing the users to test comprehensive directions. One of the prompts in Gemini photo editing may be certain clothing style, film light, and combining two photographs into one.
Every photo edited with Gemini includes a visible and an invisible watermark to reduce the spread of misinformation. Google researchers confirmed this measure is necessary as AI images have been increasingly used in misinformation campaigns.
Other recent updates to AI by Google have included extra Gemini API support, video-making models, and developer embedding tools alongside Nano Banana.
The emergence of Google Gemini AI Nano Banana testifies to the fact that users have switched to AI-based photo editing. As the Gemini AI Photo Editor gains strong usage, the expanded range of accessibility via Gemini AI Studio, and the increasing number of requests of creative Gemini prompts, the new AI products at Google are poised to determine the next level of digital media editing.
