Google Images Gets AI Image Generation and a Personalized Redesign

Google is redesigning Google Images with a more personalized, browsable interface and adding AI image generation inside Search, marking 25 years since the company launched its image search product.

The updated Google Images experience will show a “For You” gallery tailored to a user’s interests and browsing history. Google says the results will update in real time, shifting the product beyond a traditional image search page and closer to a visual discovery feed.

The redesign also expands how saved images are surfaced. Users can save images to collections after selecting a photo, opening the kebab menu and choosing save. Once saved, those collections will appear as tabs above the main image gallery, making it easier to return to a topic and continue browsing related visuals.

Google is also updating the Saved page, adding tabs for collections and all image results so users can move between saved groups and broader image browsing. Users must be signed into a Google Account to save images to collections.

The redesigned Google Images experience will roll out on desktop in the U.S. in English over the coming weeks.

Google is also bringing image creation directly into Search. The company is adding its Nano Banana AI image generator to AI Overviews, allowing users to create images from text prompts without leaving the search results page.

The image-generation feature is aimed at cases where users want to visualize something specific that may not already exist online. Google says it can be used to reimagine spaces or generate custom visuals from prompts, such as previewing a different room color or a themed dorm design.

AI image generation in AI Overviews will roll out in English over the coming weeks in regions that already support image creation in AI Mode.

The launch comes as Google marks the 25th anniversary of Google Images. In its announcement, the company revisited the product’s origin story, saying Jennifer Lopez’s green Versace dress at the 42nd Grammy Awards showed that users wanted more than links when searching for visual moments.

“People didn't just want to read about the dress — they wanted to see it,” Google said.

Google Images launched in July 2001 after that realization, and the latest redesign positions the product as a more personalized visual browsing tool alongside its original search function.

This analysis is based on reporting from Engadget.

Images courtesy of Google.

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