Android users are now getting a big injection of AI in their Google Messages app.
Last week, Google announced several Android updates, including a major new Pixel feature drop. in the middle many new features There was one major AI-related announcement announced for Pixel phones: the popular AI image editor nano banana Will be integrated directly into Google Messages through a new feature called Remix.
Nano Banana is Google’s latest AI image creation and editing model. AI fans have grumbled About Nano Banana, and it is widely considered to be the best AI image editor available at the moment.
Google knows it has a breakthrough on its hands, and the company is integrating the Nano Banana into several other Google products, including Google Lens and Circle Two Search. Now, Remix will allow Pixel owners to edit or remake any photo using the Nano Banana from within Google Messages.
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This week, the Remix feature started hanging out For all Pixel users – and the Remix feature will soon be coming to all Android devices too.
New Remix feature on Android
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Users simply have to press the Remix button on any photo within Google Messages and then give any prompts they want in the text box that appears. Google offers some “suggested ideas” in Remix, like “make a custom mini figure” or “make a photo look like an instant movie” to give users a starting point for what’s possible. From there, Nano Banana takes over and generates the image. (According to Google, “There is a daily limit on image creation per user.”)
Remix basically transforms Google Messages from a messaging app into a content creation tool. It’s easy to see how Remix could boost memes and other viral media since users simply have to type in what they want to generate an image that they would otherwise have to create in a dedicated image creation or editing app.
Likewise, if you’re not a fan of “AI slop,” you’ll now know why so many friends and family members with Android phones are suddenly sending you so many AI-altered images.