Gemini improved image generation and editing instruction following, multi-image blending, and selfie consistency.

The practical gain is control: prompts, reference images, and identity consistency now carry more of the editing workload.

Builders get a tighter image-editing loop for combining concepts, borrowing elements, blending scenes, and keeping selfies consistent.

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This is the world we build in. It moves this fast. We move with it.