Quick overview
| Tool | What it's for | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| Gemini Omni | Generate and edit video from text, images or a clip | Available now |
| Nano Banana | Create images, icons, logos and stickers | Available now |
| Gemini 3.5 | Brainstorm ideas, scripts and variations of a concept | Available now |
| Apple Photos (Clean Up · Extend · Reframe) | Clean up, rescale and reframe photos and shots | Coming this fall |
Google: Gemini Omni for better video
Gemini Omni (announced at I/O on May 19) is a tool you feed text, an image, audio or an already-recorded clip, and it returns video. Google used to have one app per task; now Omni brings it all into one place.
For a creator, that means you can sketch a rough idea and get usable b-roll back, or turn a single shot into a few variations without setting up a whole new scene. It does not replace your own footage. It fills the gaps around it.
Nano Banana for graphics, and Gemini 3.5 for ideas
Nano Banana handles the visual bits and pieces: images, icons, logos and stickers. It is the fastest way to make the small graphic assets a video needs without opening a design tool or hiring out for every overlay.
Gemini 3.5 is the thinking part. Use it to brainstorm ideas, draft scripts, and spin one concept into several variations so you are never staring at a blank page before a session.
Apple: cleaner photos and shots
Apple's update is mostly about fixing footage you already have. Three Photos features stand out for creators:
Clean Up
Removes unwanted objects from a shot. Ideal for tidying up a product photo.
Extend
Rescales and expands the image beyond the frame. Useful for going from vertical to horizontal without cropping.
Reframe
Changes the perspective of a photo you already took, as if the camera had moved.
There is also Visual Intelligence (it reads what is on your screen) and Image Playground (it generates more realistic images and backgrounds). Apple also built in Google's Gemini technology, so the two worlds in this article end up crossing paths.
Worth knowing: these features only arrive this fall with iOS 27, they need an iPhone 15 Pro or later, and every edited photo carries a hidden watermark marking it as AI-assisted. The full breakdown is in TechCrunch's coverage.
What matters: adapt and learn to use them
The interesting part is not choosing between Google and Apple. It is combining them in a single workflow: think through the idea with Gemini, generate b-roll or a graphic with Omni and Nano Banana, shoot the real footage on your phone, and clean it up with Apple's Photos tools. Each creator's camera and style stay at the center; AI takes care of the repetitive work. The tools are already on the table, and what makes the difference is adapting and learning to use them, because used well they make content creation a whole lot easier.
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