Google Gemini’s September AI Blitz: New Powers, Skyrocketing Usage & Surprising Alliances
In-Depth Report Gemini’s New Tricks Fuel a User Surge Google kicked off the month by supercharging Gemini’s capabilities, leading to rapid growth in its user base. In late August, Google unveiled Gemini 2.5 “Flash”, an upgraded model that wowed users with its “Nano Banana” image editor – a tool that can realistically edit or generate images based on text commands techcrunch.com techcrunch.com. This update, rolling out globally through the Gemini app and API, lets users perform sophisticated photo edits (like changing a person’s shirt color or combining two photos) while preserving fine details that rival AIs often mess up techcrunch.com.
