LaunchPolicyAugust 14, 2026

You can now turn off Google Gemini's visible watermarks

The new "Media watermark" toggle removes the "sparkle" mark from content made with Nano Banana, Omni, and Lyria models, while invisible SynthID and C2PA metadata remain. The setting is unavailable in countries that legally require visible watermarks. Google is also open-sourcing Credentio, a library for local AI-content validation.

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