Gemini’s personalized AI image generation is now free for US users

Googling announced On Monday, the Gemini app now brought its personalized, Nano Banana-powered image generation feature to a wider audience. Starting today, all eligible users in the US can access the feature for free, a service previously only available to Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers.

Google initially announced that Gemini’s Personal Intelligence feature would enable Nano Banana image generation in April, allowing users to create images that reflect their unique interests. This means that images can be generated based on Gemini’s understanding of your likes and preferences, without you having to specify them in your prompt. Gemini uses data from your Google account connections, such as Gmail, Google Photos, YouTube, and Search, to achieve this.

For example, instead of saying, “Draw an illustration of me and my favorite things like coffee and baking,” you can simply ask, “Draw an illustration of me and my favorite things.”

Gemini can also pull actual images of you from Google Photos, so you don’t have to manually upload photos.

Google first rolled out the Personal Intelligence feature earlier this year, making it generally available to all US users in March. The company recently extended this functionality to users in India and Japan.

Personal Intelligence is an opt-in feature, allowing you to decide which apps Gemini can access. Once enabled, it will be set by default for each prompt, but you can disable it with a new toggle in the Tools menu.

Additionally, last month Google announced several upcoming updates to the Gemini app, including a new “Daily Brief” feature, a revamped interface, access to the AI ​​video model Gemini Omni, and a personal AI agent called Gemini Spark.

Notably, Google’s AI chatbot Gemini surpassed 750 million monthly active users (MAUs) earlier this year, cementing its position as a major player in AI.