Gemini Prepares Reference-Image Controls and a “Change Color” Option [APK Teardown]

Gemini already supports reference-guided image editing, which Google announced on August 26, 2025. Our teardown of Google app 17.73.15 found dedicated controls taking shape within its existing editor: options for managing a reference-image attachment and requesting a color change for a selected object.

Reference images get dedicated attachment controls

The editor has new labels for adding and removing a reference image, alongside messages for upload progress and failure. An attachment-type error also explicitly says that this flow accepts only images.

These strings describe the reference attachment from selection through upload and removal:

A color-change action names the selected object

The same editor includes “Change color” and the more specific “Change %1$s color.” The latter provides a placeholder for the selected object, giving the color-editing action an object-specific label.

The paired actions appear in these editor strings:

For a targeted recolor, the remaining question is how you choose the replacement color: the labels identify the action, but do not reveal that part of the editing flow.

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