FuriaHubGoogle lets Gemini users turn off the visible media watermark
A new Media watermark setting in Gemini and Flow hides the sparkle mark on Nano Banana, Omni, and Lyria output. Invisible SynthID and C2PA stay on the file.
On August 14 The Verge and TechCrunch reported that Google will let users remove the visible watermark from Gemini-generated images, video, and music. Josh Woodward, vice president for Gemini, Google Labs, and AI Studio, said the change is a response to a top user request and a balance between “creative control and safety.”
What actually turns off
Settings → Media watermark toggles the sparkle mark in the corner of output from Nano Banana (images), Omni (video), and Lyria (music). The same control is in Flow, Google’s AI video tool. Woodward said Search will get the setting later.
Invisible SynthID watermarks and C2PA metadata remain. Woodward said you can still ask Gemini or Search whether a file was AI-generated. The toggle will not ship in countries that require a visible AI mark.
Takeaways
- Visible mark is optional; machine-readable marks are not
- Applies to Gemini and Flow; Search is still rolling out
- OpenAI and Meta already skip visible marks and rely on hidden provenance
Source: The Verge
