--- title: Google just declared itself a contender in AI design description: Google announced Pics at Google I/O 2026, a new AI-powered design and image generation app integrated into Google Workspace. Targeting non-designers like... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-just-declared-itself-a-contender-in-ai-design-eftjlqbtm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google just declared itself a contender in AI design | daily.dev og:description: Google announced Pics at Google I/O 2026, a new AI-powered design and image generation app integrated into Google Workspace. Targeting non-designers like... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-just-declared-itself-a-contender-in-ai-design-eftjlqbtm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/eFTJlQbtM.png og:image:alt: Google just declared itself a contender in AI design 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 **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 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. Targeting non-designers like teachers and small business owners, Pics lets users create social media graphics, invitations, and marketing materials via text prompts. Powered by Gemini and the Nano Banana 2 model, it differentiates itself by making every element of a generated image fully editable — users can click specific parts to modify them or edit text directly, addressing a common pain point with AI image generation. The app launches to testers at I/O and will roll out to Google AI Ultra subscribers this summer, positioning Google against Canva and Anthropic's Claude Design. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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