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Powered by Gemini and a model... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-just-declared-itself-a-contender-in-ai-design-at-io-2026-2r3xvbmfc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2R3xVbMfC.png og:image:alt: Google just declared itself a contender in AI design at IO 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google just declared itself a contender in AI design at IO 2026 **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google announced 'Pics' at Google I/O 2026, a new AI-powered design and image-generation app integrated into Google Workspace. Powered by Gemini and a model called Nano Banana 2, Pics lets users generate social media graphics, invitations, and marketing materials from text prompts. A key differentiator is its editable output — users can click individual elements to modify them, leave comments like in Google Docs, or edit text directly, addressing the common pain point of regenerating entire images for small changes. The app targets non-designers such as teachers and small business owners, and positions Google against Canva and Anthropic's Claude Design. It launches to testers at I/O and rolls out to Google AI Ultra subscribers this summer. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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