{
  "id": 4926929,
  "title": "Google Pics promises an end to \"prompt-and-pray\" AI graphic design",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/google-pics-promises-an-end-to-prompt-and-pray-ai-graphic-design",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-01T19:43:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Police",
    "slug": "android-police",
    "url": "https://www.androidpolice.com/google-pics-promises-an-end-to-prompt-and-pray-ai-graphic-design/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Google has launched a new design tool called Google Pics, which aims to help users create and edit professional-grade images using AI. According to Google, the tool is designed to give users more control over prompt-based image making and manipulation, allowing them to tap on specific objects or text and describe what they want to change. This is intended to avoid the inconsistent results that can occur with AI-generated images.\n\nGoogle Pics is built around the Gemini and Nano Banana generative AI models, and is integrated with Google Workspace apps such as Docs, Slides, and Drive. Users can edit images directly within these apps, or use Google Pics as a standalone tool. The tool offers a range of features, including object segmentation, which allows users to isolate specific parts of an image and edit them without affecting the rest of the image. Users can also edit text within images, and even translate text.\n\nGoogle Pics is available to Google Workspace business customers, including those on the AI Pro and Ultra tiers. The tool is designed to be user-friendly, allowing users to create professional-grade images without needing to be graphic designers. According to Android Police, Canva has been a popular platform for non-professionals to create graphics, but Google Pics aims to provide a similar service with more advanced AI capabilities.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Google",
        "title": "Google Pics is Workspace’s new ‘pro-level’ AI image creator & editor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/google-pics-is-workspaces-new-pro-level-ai-image-creator-editor",
        "published": "2026-09-01T16:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Google AI Blog",
        "title": "Try Google Pics: Easy image creation and editing in Google Workspace",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/try-google-pics-easy-image-creation-and-editing-in-google-workspace",
        "published": "2026-09-01T16:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "Google Pics is like Canva, but with even more AI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/google-pics-is-like-canva-but-with-even-more-ai",
        "published": "2026-09-01T16:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Google’s answer to Canva is an AI tool where you prompt instead of design",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/googles-answer-to-canva-is-an-ai-tool-where-you-prompt-instead-of",
        "published": "2026-09-01T17:35:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}