Gemini now creates personalized images from your Google Photos

Google has expanded the capabilities of the Personal Intelligence feature in Gemini: the AI assistant can now create personalized images based on data from Google Photos and other connected applications. Previously, Personal Intelligence allowed Gemini to provide answers taking your context into account — for example, recommending restaurants knowing your preferences, or reminding you of tasks from Gmail. Now the same mechanism works for image generation.

At its core is the Nano Banana 2 model, Google's proprietary image-generative development. In practice, this works like this: a user writes a prompt like "draw my ideal house" or "show what I would take to a deserted island" — and Gemini creates an image that reflects your personal style, rather than an averaged result from the internet. Under the hood, the system uses tags from Google Photos to recognize you, your loved ones, and your familiar surroundings.

The feature works only with connected Google services and explicit user consent to use personal data. Google emphasizes that processing occurs within its ecosystem and is not shared with third parties. This is a notable shift in generative AI logic: instead of a universal answer to a query — an answer tailored to a specific person.

There are few competitors in this direction so far: Apple Intelligence bets on personalization through on-device processing, but hasn't yet reached image generation based on personal context. Google, with access to a huge array of user data through Photos, Gmail, and Calendar, has a structural advantage here. The further AI assistants advance in personalization, the more acute the question of trust becomes: how comfortable are users with giving models access to their photo albums for more accurate pictures.

Google will need to convince its audience not only with the quality of results, but also with transparency about how personal data is actually used.