Google announced on June 29, 2026, that its Gemini app is now offering personalized AI image generation to all eligible free users in the United States — a feature previously limited to Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers.
The feature, powered by Nano Banana, is part of Gemini’s Personal Intelligence functionality. It allows the chatbot to generate images based on a user’s interests and preferences without requiring detailed prompts. To do this, Gemini draws on data from connected Google apps including Gmail, Google Photos, YouTube, and Search.
In practice, this means a user can ask Gemini to “create an illustration of me and my favorite things” without specifying what those things are. Gemini can also pull images of the user directly from Google Photos, removing the need to manually upload photos.
Personal Intelligence is an opt-in feature, giving users control over which apps Gemini can access. Once enabled, it applies by default to every prompt, though users can turn it off via a toggle in the Tools menu.
Google first announced Nano Banana-powered image generation for Personal Intelligence in April 2026. The broader Personal Intelligence feature became widely available to U.S. users in March 2026, and has since been expanded to users in India and Japan.
The expansion to free U.S. users may broaden access to a capability that was previously behind a subscription paywall. Gemini surpassed 750 million monthly active users earlier in 2026, according to the source. Google has also announced additional upcoming updates for the Gemini app, including a “Daily Brief” feature, a redesigned interface, access to AI video model Gemini Omni, and a personal AI agent called Gemini Spark.
Source: TechCrunch