Google lets users disable visible AI watermarks on Gemini-generated content

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Google has introduced a new 'Media watermark' toggle in Gemini and its AI video tool Flow, allowing users to turn off the visible 'sparkle' watermark on AI-generated images, videos, and music. The visible watermark previously appeared in the bottom-right corner of content produced by Google's Nano Banana and Omni models. Even with the visible watermark disabled, all AI-generated content will still carry invisible SynthID watermarks and C2PA metadata embedded in the background. This was confirmed by Josh Woodward, Vice President of Google Labs, Gemini, and AI Studio. The change makes visible watermarking optional while preserving behind-the-scenes traceability of AI-created media.

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