IT News Correspondent
By Juliet Orbo
Google has taken a major leap in AI imaging with the launch of Nano Banana Pro, an advanced image-generation and editing tool built on the company’s powerful Gemini 3 Pro model. Officially unveiled on the 20th (local time), the tool pushes visual AI to new heights — producing images so realistic they rival high-resolution photography, billboard graphics, and full studio-grade design work.
Thanks to Gemini 3 Pro’s enhanced reasoning capabilities, Nano Banana Pro can now interpret user instructions with near-human understanding, arrange multiple real objects into a unified scene, maintain consistency across numerous photos, and manipulate lighting, angles, and focus with remarkable accuracy. It is being hailed across tech and design communities as one of Google’s most impressive AI breakthroughs yet.
AI That Can Decorate a Room… Using Your Own Photos**
One of the most impressive demonstrations came from a user who uploaded individual images of a sofa, bookshelf, side table, and carpet, and instructed:
“Decorate the living room with these furniture items.”
With Image Generation and Thinking Mode enabled, Nano Banana Pro processed the request and — within just five seconds — produced a fully designed living room. The AI not only placed each item in a coherent layout but preserved the exact carpet design, recreated objects sitting on the bookshelf in the original picture, and added natural elements such as slippers, a house plant, and light snacks on the side table.
The result looked like a scene pulled straight out of a home-interior catalog.
The previous generation of the tool, Nano Banana, already eliminated the need for Photoshop in many cases. But this upgraded version pushes realism even further, allowing users to generate or edit images that surpass the quality of many photographs.
Creators can now output images in 2K–4K resolution and request custom sizes. They can also fine-tune ambient lighting, camera position, depth of field, focus effects, and apply professional color corrections — all through simple text prompts.
Hyper-Realistic Rendering, Accurate Text, and Multi-Photo Consistency**
Nano Banana Pro doesn’t just arrange furniture. The tool can generate photo-grade images from scratch with uncanny accuracy. For example, when asked to create “a photo-like image of a glass bottle containing a red pill illuminated by sunlight,” the AI rendered:
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The slight red tint in the water
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Floor shadows and light refractions
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Natural reflections on the glass surface
The image looked indistinguishable from a real camera shot.
A Breakthrough in Text Rendering
AI generators have long struggled to produce legible text on products or signs, often producing distorted words or meaningless symbols. Nano Banana Pro makes a major leap in this area, enabling:
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Clear, accurate text in advertisements
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Proper menu layouts
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Perfectly readable labels
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Improved Korean translation and font rendering
During one test, a beverage can originally labeled in English was flawlessly re-rendered with Korean Hangul characters — accurate, clean, and stylistically appropriate.
Consistency Across People and Objects
One of the model’s most powerful features is its ability to maintain consistent details across multiple images:
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Up to 14 different objects can be combined into a single composite scene (e.g., “Create a garden using these 14 plant photos”).
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Up to five faces can be preserved while generating group photos, such as “Make these five people take a selfie together at the beach.”
In another example, the user requested an image of U.S. President Donald Trump appearing on the Korean variety show “You Quiz” with hosts Yoo Jae-suk and Cho Sae-ho. The result was so natural-looking that it resembled an actual television segment.
New Tools, New Risks — and Google’s Plan for Safety**
Nano Banana Pro can also visualize scientific diagrams, geographical data, and research graphics, making it useful not only for designers and advertisers but also for academics, architects, marketers, and educators.
Since the tool’s release, online communities have been flooded with examples showcasing what users can create:
studio-quality portraits, commercial product mock-ups, architectural concept art, educational illustrations, and even realistic news-style imagery.
Security Measures: Watermarking and Verification
With realism improving at an extraordinary pace, concerns around misuse — including fraud, copyright violation, and impersonation — are increasing. To address this, Google has embedded a hidden digital watermark called SynthID into every image created through its tools.
Users can simply upload an image into the Gemini app and ask:
“Was this generated by AI?”
The system will reveal whether the image contains Google’s watermark.
For now:
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Free and Pro users will see visible watermarks.
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Ultra subscribers can generate images without visible marks, though the hidden SynthID watermark still exists.
Google plans to expand watermarking beyond images to include AI-generated audio and video content as well.
A Redefining Moment for Visual AI
With its ability to simulate real lighting, replicate complex textures, preserve faces, and execute detailed multi-step requests, Nano Banana Pro marks one of the strongest advances in consumer-facing generative AI so far.
From designing rooms with your own furniture photos to generating ultra-realistic scenarios that blur the line between photography and imagination, Google’s latest tool signals the beginning of a new era — one where visual creativity is limited only by the user’s ideas, not their technical skill.
