Canva has announced the launch of its Connected App for Google Gemini at Google I/O 2026 in Mountain View. The integration allows Gemini users to generate and edit Canva designs, search Canva content, and convert Nano Banana-generated images into layered, editable Canva projects.
The company said the Connected App builds on earlier integrations with Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT, and Microsoft Copilot as part of Canva’s strategy to expand across platforms where work and ideas begin.
Canva said the integration combines Gemini with its brand management tools, drag-and-drop editing system, real-time collaboration tools, and publishing platform to help users move AI-generated content into editable workflows.
Canva Connected App for Gemini
The Connected App is powered by Canva’s proprietary Canva Design Model foundation model for design. Canva said designs generated inside Gemini remain fully editable and connect directly with a user’s Canva Brand Kit, including logos, fonts, colors, and other brand assets.
Users can access Canva inside Gemini by:
- Enabling Canva through Gemini app settings
- Typing “@Canva” within Gemini chats
- Generating designs based on Gemini conversation context
- Refining, collaborating on, and publishing projects inside Canva
The company added that the Connected App brings Canva’s proprietary design AI into one of the world’s most widely used AI systems.
Magic Layers and Nano Banana integration
Canva has integrated its Magic Layers feature with Google’s Nano Banana image model. The company said Magic Layers is designed to address limitations associated with static AI-generated image outputs.
According to Canva, Magic Layers can:
- Analyze AI-generated image structure
- Separate visuals into individual movable elements
- Allow edits without recreating the full image
- Convert Nano Banana outputs into editable layered Canva projects
Gemini users can generate high-fidelity images using Nano Banana and ask Canva to convert them into fully editable layered designs. These projects can then be refined, resized, edited, and published directly from Canva.
Canva said the feature is intended for workflows such as campaign storyboarding, promotional content updates, and creator-led content remixing.
Brand Kit integration
The Canva Connected App links directly with each user’s Canva Brand Kit to maintain brand consistency across AI-generated assets. Canva said generated content can automatically include the appropriate logos, fonts, colors, and visual identity elements.
According to the company, 98% of Fortune 500 brands use Canva as a platform for managing brand content and visual identity assets. Canva said this brand intelligence now extends directly into Gemini-based AI workflows.
Canva expands AI assistant integrations
Canva said the Gemini launch completes its expansion across major AI assistant ecosystems. Canva apps, skills, and integrations are now available across Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini.
The company said Canva now serves more than 265 million users across 190 countries every month. Citing research from Andreessen Horowitz, Canva said it is currently the third most-used AI platform globally and among the fastest-growing software companies in customer spending on AI products.
Canva added that its platform is designed to help users turn AI-generated ideas into editable and publishable work, whether projects begin inside Canva or within AI assistants.
Availability
The Canva Connected App for Google Gemini started rolling out with limited availability from May 19, 2026. Canva said the rollout will gradually expand across all Gemini tiers and all Canva plans in select English-language markets, with broader availability planned later. Users can enable Canva through Gemini app settings to access the integration.
Speaking on the launch, Cameron Adams said:
You can only experience the real potential of AI when it is connected to your brand and your context. Millions of people use Gemini for ideation and research, but they often miss the brand, context, and design capabilities that Canva brings. Having the full power of Canva’s platform directly inside Gemini makes it easier to turn AI-generated content into polished work ready to scale.
I’m especially excited to see what our community creates by combining Nano Banana with Magic Layers, from campaign assets and surreal storybooks to product imagery. These are examples of how the Canva Design Model is opening up a new dimension of AI-powered design.