Google Pics: A New Way to Create and Edit Images in Google Workspace

You’re almost finished with your slide deck, but you need just one more image. You find one, and it’s almost perfect… except there’s a sign in the background with the wrong text on it. And the image has the wrong dimensions.

Normally, fixing those details means spending time manually editing and cropping the image and importing it back into your presentation. 

But what if you could just point to the problem and describe what you want to be changed? 

Google Pics lets you do just that, and a lot more. Here’s everything you need to know.

What Is Google Pics?

Launched in September 2026, Google Pics combines advanced AI image generation with precise, object-based image editing directly in your Workspace creative workflows.

With Google Pics, you can start from a blank slate and generate any image with a simple text prompt using Google’s most advanced AI imaging models, or you can edit an existing image from your computer, Google Drive, or Google Photos. 

Pics doesn’t just give you a first draft and stop there. First, it generates several image options from a single prompt, so you can pick the iteration you like best.

Then, once you have an image, you can: 

• Refine individual elements
• Adjust the image format
• Modify or translate in-image text without changing font or disrupting design
• Crop the image for different uses (e.g. social media, web, print)
• Upscale to 2K or 4K resolution

Tip: Don’t be afraid to experiment! Google Pics maintains a persistent version history, so you can easily undo changes and return to an earlier version of your image anytime.

From “Prompt-and-Pray” to Precision Editing

One of the most useful features in Google Pics? Its object segmentation feature. 

Gone are the days of repeatedly tweaking your prompt in hopes that the AI model will edit your image the way you want. With Pics, you can isolate an object and transform it without altering the rest of your image at all. 

Simply select a specific object or element within your image and input a text comment to request targeted changes – either one at a time or multiple edits at once. 

For instance, you can click on an object and tell Google Pics:

• “Remove this coffee cup from the table.”
• “Change the color of this shirt from red to blue.”
• “Translate the text on this sign into English.”

The changes will be applied to the selected elements without requiring you to regenerate the entire image.

This way, Pics makes AI image generation feel less like a one-shot process and more like an iterative editing workflow that slots naturally into the way you work.

And if you’re already using Gemini for image generation and editing, you might be wondering where Google Pics fits in. The short answer: Pics is more localized and designed for more focused, hands-on image editing. Gemini’s chat interface generates images as part of a broader conversation, while Pics is a dedicated canvas inside the apps you’re already working in. 

Bring Visual Creation Into Your Workspace

Google Pics is available as both a standalone product and integrated into Workspace apps, starting with Slides, Docs, and Drive. This means you can create and edit images right where you are – without having to copy and paste, import, or switch tabs or applications.

Plus, Google Pics makes collaboration easy. It has the same sharing functionality as other Workspace products, so you can share an image link with teammates, invite them to make edits, and save the finished visual to Drive. The images become shareable Workspace assets.

From quick prototyping and product storytelling to instructional content and event communications, Pics gives you a flexible way to create the visuals you need. It’s another example of Google bringing powerful AI capabilities into the tools that teams already use.

But knowing how to put those capabilities to work is just as important as having access to them. Wursta can help you make the most of Google Workspace and its growing AI toolkit. Contact us today to explore what’s possible.