Google rolls out Pics with AI image editing, while Gemini adds agentic video understanding

Google has announced two AI updates: the rollout of its Google Pics image creation and editing tool to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers and most Workspace business customers, and agentic video understanding for its latest Gemini models.

Google Pics rolls out to AI and Workspace users

Google Pics, an image creation and editing tool built on the Nano Banana image generation and editing model, will roll out over the coming weeks to all Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers and most Workspace business customers.

The tool will be available as a standalone product and integrated into Google Workspace, starting with Docs and Slides, with Drive integration to follow in the coming weeks.

Pics allows users to generate images and make targeted edits. Its features include object segmentation, in-image text editing and translation, collaboration on images and multiple image generations from a single prompt.

Gemini adds agentic video understanding

The company has also introduced agentic video understanding across Gemini 3.7 Flash, 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite. The capability is designed to improve video analysis by allowing models to dynamically search and inspect relevant sections of a video across visual frames, audio and transcripts.

Diagram of the process from Query to Output

According to the company, Gemini models using agentic video understanding reduce analysis costs by up to 66% and token consumption by up to 88%, while improving accuracy by up to 7%.

The feature can support applications including sub-second moment retrieval, searches across long-form videos, anomaly detection and counting objects or actions over time.

Agentic video understanding is available for video uploads and YouTube videos through the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. It uses standard Gemini API token pricing with no additional feature fee.

The feature will also roll out to users of the Gemini app across Flash and Flash-Lite models. Google said it will power YouTube’s ‘Ask YouTube’ feature on the video watch page in the coming months.

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