Google Pics is an image generation and editing tool released by Google Workspace on May 19, 2026. It uses the Nano Banana model to create new images or modify existing photos. While typical generative image tools are similar to painters who redraw the entire scene based on a prompt, Google Pics is more like a digital editing workstation where users can pick up and manipulate individual objects and text within an image. Users can segment objects within an image, adjust their position and size, change colors, or transform their shapes. Text within the image can also be edited while preserving the original design and font style, or translated into another language. In traditional generative image editing, even changing a small element can cause the entire scene to be regenerated, potentially altering unwanted areas. This makes it difficult to maintain consistency in backgrounds, figures, product shapes, or layouts while only modifying specific objects. The key difference with Google Pics is that it doesn't solely rely on regenerating the entire image; instead, it treats individual objects and text as manipulable elements. For example, it's suitable for tasks like maintaining the core image of a diagram while only changing the cover color or label text, or translating text within an image while preserving the same visual composition. Additionally, it allows for collaborative editing within Google Workspace, enabling team members to review and modify the same output without repeatedly exporting and sharing image files. Biotech researchers can utilize this feature to refine images for research presentations and educational materials. While it hasn't been confirmed as a tool for quantitative analysis of microscopic images or experimental results themselves, it can be used to adjust the position and size of objects in sample diagrams, standardize colors based on conditions, or translate labels in visual materials that explain the analysis results. In multi-institutional collaborative research, it can be used to create English and Korean versions of the same image while maintaining the original layout and font style, only changing the text, and establishing a workflow where researchers and communication specialists can collaboratively review the images within Workspace. However, there are limitations. The provided information does not include details such as supported file formats, maximum image resolution, generation speed, usage limits, data storage policies, API availability, or metrics used to validate the accuracy of biomedical images. Therefore, the official terms and conditions and data processing policies should be reviewed separately before using it for pathological images, microscopic originals, or patient-related materials. In particular, generative editing that transforms the shape of objects can alter scientific observation results, so it is necessary to establish research data management principles that separate the original data for quantitative analysis from the edited version for presentation and clearly indicate the generated or modified elements.

Google Pics is an image generation and editing tool released by Google Workspace on May 19, 2026. It uses the Nano Banana model to create new images or modify existing photos. While typical generative image tools are more like painters who redraw the entire image based on a prompt, Google Pics is closer to a digital editing workstation where users can pick up and manipulate individual objects and text within the image. Users can segment the objects included in the image, adjust their position and size, change colors, or transform their shapes. They can also edit the text within the image.

Localize diagrams for research presentations: Maintain the layout and font style of existing experimental diagrams while translating the English labels in the image into Korean and adjusting the color of each object to match the research conditions. Quantitative data on supported resolutions and processing times requires verification from official sources.