Google lets users turn off the visible watermark on Gemini image, video, and music outputs
Google DeepMind
On August 14, 2026, Google began rolling out a Settings → Media Watermark toggle that hides the visible watermark on Gemini-generated images (Nano Banana), videos (Omni), and music (Lyria), both inside the Gemini app and the Flow video editor. Invisible SynthID tags and C2PA Content Credentials remain embedded in every file regardless of the toggle, and Google is shipping a new open-source C++ library, Credentio, for local-first C2PA validation.
Why it matters
First major loosening of Google's visible-watermark policy since SynthID rolled out at I/O; preserves machine-readable provenance while returning cosmetic control to creators, and lands a same-day open-source validation library alongside the policy change.
Importance: 3/5
major content-policy change (default base 2)