Google Gemini breaks out of the shadow of chatgpt, probably on the wings of its nano banana image editor and a viral trend generated by AI, realistic figurines.
Google He launched Nano Banana at the end of August. He received the model as a way to “transform images in an amazing way” in the Gemini application. To get a “perfect picture”, you just stick the image to the twins and “tell you what you want to change,” said the company. Google suggestions include re -compensation at home, giving yourself the hive of the 1960s, placing a tutu on your chihuahua and seeing how many wrinkles you have acquired for 10 years. You can also combine various photos and create a “fun movie” of your modern reality by connecting the finished product back to Gemini.
On X, Vice President of the Gemini and Google laboratory Josh Woodward He said the Gemini application added 23 million users Within two weeks of launching the editing model. At the same time, he said that Gemini was used to transform 500 million photos.
Growth probably led the twins to the top of various application stores around the world. At the time of writing this text, Gemini is a leading iPhone application at Apple App Stores in the USA, Great Britain, Canada, France, Australia, Germany and Italy. In many cases, he reached its main position, exceeding the Chatgpt Openai, which now ranks second.
So what drives growth? While various editions were popular, the escaping hit Nano Banana people turn – or their animals – into 3D figurines. All you have to do is give Gemini a picture of yourself and a few quite detailed instructions to get a realistic miniature version of the doll on the desktop, along with a box that presumably appeared, and a wire model, probably used to design its flashing on the computer screen behind it. Although the prompt is massive, easily copied versions have spread online. Google He even provided his own To keep the trend.
After playing with Nano Banana it is straightforward to see how Google deserved AI’s viral moment. The image editor is uncomplicated and convenient to operate in the Gemini application. It is also rapid, with little waiting for images that have excluded me from other tools, such as chatgpt. To make it clear, there are still problems that frustrate me. Like other image applications, the results are not always what I imagined, and Gemini sometimes decided to simply ignore my hint and return my picture without any changes.
Despite my troubles, there is one element of the possibility of editing Nano Banana, which amused me enough to think that he deserved his attention in the center of attention and will probably revive some modern viral trends before a better model takes its place: the images he gave me still look like me. While many tools for editing artificial intelligence annoying in terms of their tendency to change the function of the face and creating the terrifying fax of the original, Nano Banana from Google quickly returned the destructive computer doll, which was still quite recognizable.