Google launched Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, a model for image generation and editing that blends images, keeps character consistency, and allows natural language edits. It’s accessible via Gemini API, Google AI Studio, and Vertex AI, offering low latency and cost efficiency. Features include multi-image fusion, world knowledge, and prompt-based editing. Developers can build, customize, and deploy apps easily. Images have a digital watermark to mark AI-generated content.
Google is shutting down its URL Shortener service, affecting all https://goo.gl/* links. From August 23, 2024, interstitial pages will appear, and by August 25, 2025, all goo.gl links will return 404 errors. This impacts developers and users, disrupting link flows. Users should switch to Firebase Dynamic Links. The shutdown follows a 2018 deprecation, citing changes in internet content discovery and new URL shortening services. For concerns, contact Firebase Support.
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Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro is now available in 180+ countries, offering native audio understanding, system instructions, JSON mode, and more. It includes a File API for easy file handling and a superior text embedding model. Developers can guide the model's responses with system instructions and instruct it to output only JSON objects. Gemini 1.5 Pro can now understand audio and video inputs.