Google Pics: Gemini-Powered Design Meets Conversational AI

@realNyarime: 谷歌在 Play 商店上线「Google AI Studio」移动版预注册 或许他们应该考虑把移动端的 Gemini 和 AI Studio 合并 就像把 Codex 整合进 ChatGPT 中…… https://t.co/a9di6K

At Google I/O 2026, Google unveiled Google Pics, a new AI image-generation and design web app for Workspace users that targets creation of invites, posters and other visual content. Google Pics combines image generation powered by Gemini with in-place design editing: users can generate multiple options from text or voice prompts, hover-select elements to refine specific parts via text/voice, and directly edit embedded text without regenerating the whole image. Final assets export as JPG/PNG and support printing or sharing. Google plans mobile apps and deeper native integration across Workspace; the tool is opening to a small pool of I/O testers now, with AI Pro subscribers gaining access later this summer. This positions Google against Canva-style design platforms.

At Google I/O 2026 Google unveiled Ask Play, a conversational, context-aware AI interface for the Play Store that lets users refine app and game searches through continuous dialogue. Ask Play merges earlier and follow-up user inputs to narrow results—e.g., finding “ad-free, no paywall sci‑fi strategy games” then adding “offline support”—and introduces Ask Play highlights, which surfaces high‑level summaries above results to speed decision making. Google is also integrating its Gemini models into Android and web chat interfaces to proactively recommend apps based on user intent (examples: identifying fish on a dive or suggesting retro film filters plus apps). These changes aim to reduce trial‑and‑error discovery and make app recommendations more conversational and proactive.