Gemini can now pull from Google Photos to generate personalized images | The Verge

TechAIGoogleGemini can now pull from Google Photos to generate personalized imagesBy connecting to Google Photos with Gemini’s Personal Intelligence feature, you can generate images that reflect your ‘tastes and lifestyle.’By connecting to Google Photos with Gemini’s Personal Intelligence feature, you can generate images that reflect your ‘tastes and lifestyle.’by Jay PetersApr 16, 2026, 4:00 PM UTCLinkShareGiftAn example image from Google. Image: GoogleJay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.Google’s Personal Intelligence feature, which lets Gemini pull data from apps like Google Photos to offer responses tailored to you, can now use that data and its Nano Banana 2 image model to create images based on your personal context.With the feature, you can use prompts like “Design my dream house” or “Create a picture of my desert island essentials” and the photos Gemini creates will “automatically reflect your specific tastes and lifestyle, gleaned from the Google apps you’ve connected to,” Google says in a blog post. Under the hood, the integration uses your labels in Google Photos to identify people like you, your friends, and your family, and then Nano Banana 2 creates the image, spokesperson Elijah Lawal tells The Verge.Google notes that if you do opt in to Personal Intelligence, the company will not “directly train” its AI models on your private Google Photos library. However, it d...