Samsung Integrates Google's Nano Banana AI Into Galaxy Phones' Now Brief Feature

Samsung's Now Brief integrates Nano Banana for a snapshot of the day

Samsung Galaxy owners who have come to rely on the Now Brief feature to guide them through their days with meeting reminders, playlists, traffic reports, and updates about what's happening at home and in the news, now have a new way to memorialize their days with Nano Banana. A daily summary in photo form Nano Banana integration into Now Brief allows for the AI assistant to pull an image from the Gallery, then the AI photo editing feature suggests some creative prompts to tweak the image, and after transforming the image accordingly, places it in the brief's daily Memories recap. In an example from SamMobile who first spotted the feature, a cute photo of a dog is turned into a Polaroid-style image in one shot and then given a custom mini-figure look in another. Because the image is supposed to be a reflection of the day, Nano Banana most frequently chooses selfies and other front-facing shots. Source: Abhijeet Mishra/SamMobile Rollout has started To get Nano Bana image generation in your Now Brief, update the Personal Data Intelligence app on your phone. You should then see the option to toggle it on in Now Brief's settings. The image prompts might not show up immediately in your briefing. I could spot the toggle on my Galaxy S24 Ultra; however, enabling it didn't showcase the card yet. Close The expansion of AI image generation on Android This update is just one of a few ways that Google's viral AI-powered image generation tool is accessible on Galaxy phones and other Android devices. Nano Banana is already built into Google's Gemini app, and has recently ventured into the Google Photos app where users are transforming their standard selfies into what could pass as entries in art history textbooks with prompts like "paint me as a Renaissance portrait" or "restyle this image as a mosaic made of colorful tiles." Turning randomly captured moments into ones that mark the passage of time in a Now Brief is an interesting way to get people to use Nano Banana as a part of their day.

Your Galaxy phone can now turn selfies into AI art with Nano Banana

What's happened? Samsung has added Google's popular image-editing AI, Nano Banana, to the 'Now Brief' section on supported Galaxy phones inside the Personal Data Intelligence app (via SamMobile). The feature is currently rolling out to supported Galaxy devices that have access to Galaxy AI. When you update the new version of the Personal Data Intelligence app via the Galaxy Store on supported Galaxy phones, you'll find a fresh toggle for "Nano Banana image-creation" under Now Brief's settings. Once enabled, Now Brief will pick a random image (often a selfie) from your gallery at the end of the day, then offer ready-made prompts to transform it using Google's Nano Banana AI. The image is uploaded to Google's servers, processed, and you can save, copy, or share the result. This is important because: Samsung is boosting AI features in the Now Brief section, turning it into a creative playground. Nano Banana supports text and image prompts, multi-image fusion, and subject consistency, so edits can keep the person in your selfie recognizable while changing background, style, or context, in a more powerful way than basic filters. The feature bridges Samsung's Galaxy AI and Google's Gemini ecosystem, showing how device makers are teaming up rather than going solo in AI. Recommended Videos Why should I care? You can try Galaxy AI on any phone using Samsung's browser demo. But if you own a supported Galaxy phone and like playing with images, this change gives you a fresh, automatic way to remix your photos using top-tier AI. You can turn a plain selfie into a stylized poster, fantasy scene, or themed portrait without opening a separate app. To get better results from Nano Banana edits, use the tips shared by Google. OK, what's next? To try AI image editing on your Samsung phone, update the Personal Data Intelligence app in Galaxy Store. One note of caution: because the photo is uploaded to Google's servers for processing, you'll want to review permission settings and be aware of what data you're sharing. Expect style packs, new prompt templates, and expanded device support, as Samsung often rolls these out incrementally.