Canva launches inside Google Gemini, completing its push to be the design layer for every major AI assistant

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Canva launched its Connected App for Google Gemini at Google I/O, completing its integration across all four major AI assistants. The tool lets users generate on-brand, editable designs from Gemini prompts, with Magic Layers converting AI images into layered files.

Canva has spent the past year quietly embedding itself into every major AI assistant. First came Claude, then ChatGPT, then Microsoft Copilot. Now Google Gemini gets the same treatment, and the strategy is complete.

The company launched its Connected App for Google Gemini at Google I/O, giving Gemini users the ability to generate, edit, and search Canva designs directly from a conversation. The integration started rolling out with limited availability on 19 May and will expand to full availability in the coming weeks.

The pitch is straightforward. Type a prompt in Gemini, and Canva generates a design that arrives not as a flat image but as a fully...

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