Google's Gemini can now generate images using personal context from Gmail, Photos, and Drive via Nano Banana, rolling out to US subscribers with Europe excluded.

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Google has integrated Nano Banana-powered image generation into Gemini's Personal Intelligence feature, enabling the AI to create images informed by a user's personal data from Gmail, Photos, Calendar, Drive, and other Google apps. Nano Banana is Google's native image generation family for Gemini, distinct from Imagen, and now spans three model versions built on different Gemini model tiers. The feature rolls out to Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers in the US first, with Europe excluded due to likely GDPR and AI Act concerns. A 'sources' button provides transparency into which personal data informed each generated image. Google's structural advantage is its unmatched breadth of personal data across its app ecosystem, creating a personalization moat competitors like OpenAI and Apple struggle to replicate. Privacy concerns remain around the distinction between training on data versus using it for inference.

Google adds Nano Banana image generation to Gemini's Personal Intelligence feature