Google Allows Users to Remove Visible AI Content Watermarks

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AI + crypto news broke on August 15, 2026, when Google allowed users to remove visible watermarks from AI-generated images, videos, and songs. The change does not affect SynthID or C2PA metadata. Available for the Nano Banana, Omni, and Lyria models, the toggle appears in Gemini and Flow. Google also open-sourced Credentio to help developers implement local verification. On-chain news remains unaffected by this update.

Huo Xing Finance reports that on August 15, Google announced users can now remove visible watermarks from its AI-generated content, including images, videos, and songs. The company clarified that this change does not affect invisible SynthID watermarks or metadata associated with the C2PA standard. Josh Woodward, Vice President of Gemini at Google, posted that this toggle will apply to the Nano Banana, Omni, and Lyria models. He noted that the option to disable visible watermarks will be available in Gemini and Google’s video editor Flow, with search functionality support coming soon. The feature will roll out over the coming days; once live, users can enable or disable visible watermarks by navigating to “Settings > Media Watermarks.” Google also open-sourced a new library called Credentio to help developers embed local verification mechanisms into their own applications.

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