Logos of Google, Chrome and Android are seen on several displays, in Berlin, Germany. Google announced Wednesday it is launching an experimental artificial intelligence tool that allows users to create mood boards to explore design idea. File Photo by Hannibal Hanschke/ EPA
Sept. 24 (UPI) — Google on Wednesday launched Mixboard, an experimental artificial intelligence tool that allows users to explore, expand and refine ideas with visuals and text.
The Google Labs Mixboard tool, which provides an overall “mood” of a project, is an open canvas to create items from pre-templated board templates or prompts using Google Gemini 2.5 Flash model for AI. Gemini debuted on Dec. 6, 2023.
It is available for free to the U.S. public in a beta version, said Google, whose parent company is Alphabet.
The format is not unique because it is similar to platforms like FigJam or Adobe’s FireFly Board, according to The Verge.
Mixboard can be used to explore ways to decorate a home, plan events or group images for entertainment
Users can add their own images or generate ones by asking AI with descriptions such as “show me cups, bowls and plaste in Memphis style” or “plan an autumn party in my living room.”
After creating images, AI can be asked to make edits, including small changes or combining images.
Google’s new image editing model, Nano Banana, is used.
Since the launch of Nano Banana in August, the Google Gemini AI app has topped ChatGPT for No. 1 in the U.S. App store. Before this month, Gemini’s highest spot was No. 3.
New versions of ideas can be created with one-click options like “regenerate” and “more like this,” Google said.
Also, text can be generated based on context from any images on the board.