- Published on September 15, 2025
- In Global Tech
Canva’s Fight for Relevance in the Age of Google Nano Banana
The race is no longer about who builds the smartest AI, but who delivers the most useful one.
Image by Nikhil Kumar
- By Siddharth Jindal
Google’s new image generation and editing model, Nano banana, has taken over the internet by storm. Officially known as Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, this AI model has quickly gained millions of users, processing millions of image edits in just a few days.
Creators across India are using Nano Banana to transform selfies, animals and famous personalities into miniature 3D figurines. Visuals are detailed, stylised and made to resemble collectables one could display on a shelf.
One of Nano Banana’s standout features is its ability to interpret natural language prompts. Users can simply type commands like “turn this photo into a 3D figurine” or “place me in a medieval landscape”, and the AI executes the edits with remarkable precision.
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Siddharth Jindal
Siddharth is a media graduate who loves to explore tech through journalism and putting forward ideas worth pondering about in the era of artificial intelligence.
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