Google Photos gets six AI features worldwide

Jeff J Hunter & Valentin Molina
November 12, 2025

Nano Banana transforms photos into artistic styles

Hey AI Enthusiast,

Google Photos just added six AI features powered by Nano Banana expanding photo editing and search capabilities to millions of users worldwide.

The updates include personalized edits fixing specific details, natural language controls coming to iOS, and Ask Photos rolling out to 100+ countries with 17 new languages supported.

Let me cover today's power prompt and community weekly wins first (then show how conversational photo editing changes how people interact with personal image collections...)

🔥 Prompt of the Day 🔥

Competitor Analysis Report

Create One Intelligence-Gathering System

Act as a competitive intelligence specialist. Create one AI-powered competitor monitoring system for [INDUSTRY/NICHE].

Essential Details:

Competitors to Track: [NUMBER/NAMES]
Data Points: [WHAT TO MONITOR]
AI Scraping Tools: [PLATFORMS USED]
Report Frequency: [WEEKLY/MONTHLY]
Analysis Depth: [SURFACE/DEEP]
Action Items: [WHAT TO DO WITH DATA]

Create one analysis system including:

Automated data collection setup
AI summarization prompts
Trend identification framework
Gap opportunity analysis
Strategy recommendation format
Alert threshold settings

Stay ahead with AI intelligence. Keep under 200 words total.

🎉 Win Wednesday 🎉

Weekly wins dropped in from community members.

People shipped real work instead of just planning.

Here's what launched:

Charles Janoah Policarpio: "Starting to use Claude to 'read' books now - extracting key systems and frameworks I can use directly. I read books much faster now, 10 chapters in a day which would normally take 10 days for me. Tested with the Adweek Copywriting Handbook, the nuggets I was able to resurface is crazy"

Execution happened immediately.

Charles turned reading into extraction - pulling actionable frameworks rather than passive consumption hoping to remember everything later.

I had a killer time on last night's call - actually helped me develop a new AI Persona for Black Friday which I'll probably turn into a product.

Nobody waited for perfect conditions.

What did you accomplish this week?

🤔 Did You Know? 🤔

Real-time AI translation systems can now convert sign language to spoken words with 92% accuracy, breaking down communication barriers for the deaf community.

🗞️ Breaking AI News 🗞️

Google Photos just added six AI features powered by Nano Banana expanding photo editing and search capabilities to millions of users worldwide.

The updates include personalized edits fixing specific details, natural language controls coming to iOS, and Ask Photos rolling out to 100+ countries with 17 new languages supported.

Here's what changed:

✓ Personalized edits fix people specifically - Type "remove Riley's sunglasses, open my eyes, make Engel smile" and Photos uses face groups generating accurate individual edits without manual selection

✓ iOS gets natural language editing - Describe what you want using voice or text and watch changes happen instead of navigating slider menus adjusting values manually

✓ Nano Banana transforms images into artistic styles - Request Renaissance portraits, tile mosaics, storybook pages creating stylistic variations from existing photos instantly

✓ Templates eliminate prompt guessing - Choose "professional headshot" or "holiday card" from ready-made options avoiding blank cursor paralysis when unsure what to ask

✓ Personalized templates match your hobbies - Coming soon: AI analyzes your library suggesting custom edits like hobby cartoons or name doodles fitting your interests specifically

✓ Ask Photos expands globally - Natural search reaches 100+ countries and 17 languages letting people find images conversationally in native languages worldwide

✓ Ask button enables photo conversations - Tap any image asking questions about content, discovering related moments, or requesting edits appearing instantly without leaving view

Conversational photo editing fundamentally shifted.

Traditional editing required switching between tools, adjusting sliders precisely, hoping results matched vision after tedious effort nobody enjoys repeating constantly.

Natural language replaces technical interfaces - describe changes using normal words rather than learning specialized terminology professionals spent years mastering.

iOS users finally get feature parity - Apple owners receive capabilities Android accessed earlier eliminating frustrating platform limitations that persisted unnecessarily.

Templates solve blank prompt paralysis - showing popular options when users don't know what AI can actually create reliably from their images.

Personalized suggestions analyze individual libraries - understanding specific hobbies creating relevant recommendations matching actual interests rather than generic suggestions everyone receives.

Ask Photos global expansion removes language barriers - billions can now search and interact with photo collections in native languages instead of English-only limitations.

In-photo conversations extend beyond library search - interrogating specific image content or requesting edits happens within single view without interface navigation overhead.

Face recognition powers targeted edits - system identifies individuals applying specific changes maintaining accuracy across different photos featuring same people automatically.

Google positions Photos against competitors through accessibility - making advanced editing available to casual users rather than limiting capabilities to professional photographers exclusively.

Early adopters capture speed advantages - creating polished content conversationally while competitors burn time on manual workflows requiring specialized knowledge investment.

Google Photos changed how people edit their memories today.