Google is rolling out new tools designed to help people verify whether online images were created or edited with AI. As generative media becomes more common and more realistic, the company is strengthening its efforts to give users clear context about the content they encounter.

Starting today, the Gemini app can identify images produced or modified by Google AI through SynthID, the company’s digital watermarking technology. SynthID embeds invisible signals into AI-generated images, which Gemini can detect when users ask questions like “Was this created with Google AI?” or “Is this AI-generated?” The system blends watermark detection with Gemini’s own reasoning to deliver meaningful context.

Google first introduced SynthID in 2023, and more than 20 billion AI-generated items have been watermarked using the technology. The company has also been testing the SynthID Detector, a verification portal, with journalists and media teams to support responsible media workflows.

This update builds on Google’s long-standing work to provide context around images in Search, as well as research efforts like DeepMind’s Backstory. The company plans to extend SynthID verification to video, audio and additional Google surfaces, including Search.

Google is also expanding transparency through C2PA metadata, an industry standard for content authenticity. Beginning this week, images generated by Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) across the Gemini app, Vertex AI and Google Ads will include C2PA metadata. Google expects to scale this across more products, giving users and creators clearer insight into how digital content is produced.

The company is working with industry partners through the C2PA steering committee to advance cross-platform transparency. Over time, Google plans to support C2PA content credentials for media produced outside its own ecosystem, allowing users to trace the origin of AI-generated content wherever it was created.

Google says these steps are core to its commitment to bold and responsible AI, and the company will continue investing in tools that make the origins of digital content easier to understand.