Google just launched Google Pics, a new design tool that's joining its Workspace suite and available to Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers. It runs on Google's Nano Banana image-generation model and handles the everyday design work you'd normally use Canva or Adobe Express for—posters, social media graphics, illustrations, that sort of thing. The key difference is how you create: you prompt the AI instead of designing from scratch like you would in Adobe Express. You can also edit existing images, isolate and transform objects, modify text, and generate multiple versions to pick the best one. This is Google's direct answer to Canva, but with a crucial caveat. Canva lets artists and photographers upload templates and assets to a marketplace where they earn royalties. Google Pics skips that entirely—it's built on AI trained on artists' work, which means creators don't get a cut and can't control how their work gets used. That's a meaningful difference if you care about where the training data comes from. The tool supports collaborative editing, so teams can work on designs together. Google's rolling it out gradually starting today in Docs and Slides, then expanding to Drive later. It'll reach most Workspace customers and anyone paying for Google's premium AI tier. The play here is clear: Google wants a piece of the design tool market, and it's betting that "just describe what you want" beats learning design software for regular people doing routine work tasks.