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Models2026-08-15 · source-backed
Rolling out August 14, the Media Watermark setting removes the visible mark from images, video and music from the Nano Banana, Omni and Lyria models, with the toggle in Flow and Search support coming. Invisible SynthID and C2PA provenance metadata stay embedded. TechCrunch Detectability is nominally preserved, but only for anyone holding a SynthID detector, which is not the public. In India, South Korea and Vietnam the toggle is reported as Ultra-only, making unmarked output a paid feature.
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Lyria built by Google / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Lyria built by Google); both cover August, C2PA, Google, TechCrunch; reported by the same outlet (techcrunch.com).
Linked by a graph relationship (Lyria built by Google); both cover Gemini, Google, Search, TechCrunch; reported by the same outlet (techcrunch.com).
Lyria built by Google / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Lyria built by Google); both cover August, C2PA, Google, SynthID; overlapping topics (august, c2pa, detector).
Linked by a graph relationship (Lyria built by Google); both cover August, Gemini, Google; overlapping topics (august, gemini).
Linked by a graph relationship (Lyria built by Google); both cover August, Google, Nano Banana; overlapping topics (august, feature).
Linked by a graph relationship (Lyria built by Google); both cover Gemini, Google, Nano Banana; overlapping topics (banana, gemini).
Linked by a graph relationship (Lyria built by Google); both cover Gemini, Google, Nano Banana; overlapping topics (banana, gemini).
OpenAI uses SynthID / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (OpenAI uses SynthID); both cover August, TechCrunch; reported by the same outlet (techcrunch.com).