Google Labs announced a major update to its experimental infinite canvas tool, Mixboard: "One-click PPT Generation" - integrated with its self-developed Nano Banana Pro image model, supporting custom prompts, selection import, and doodle editing. In minutes, scattered ideas can be transformed into shareable professional presentations, praised by users as the "AI bridge from chaos to storytelling".
Core Upgrade: Driven by Nano Banana Pro, PPT Evolution
Prompt Injection: Enter "Retro Style Reconstruct Current Slide", AI generates 10 themed slides based on canvas elements
Selection Import: Select photos, handwriting, or PDF paragraphs for seamless transfer to PPT, maintaining layout and color consistency
Speed: Official tests show 30 images + 2000-word notes → 18-page presentation in less than 3 minutes, supports Google Slides / PPTX export
Innovative Features: Doodles + Natural Language, Zero-barrier Editing
Selection as Command: Draw a hand-drawn circle around an image → Enter "Add Autumn Elements, Make it Warmer" → Nano Banana Pro integrates and generates new visuals in real-time
Game-like Experience: Continuous doodling triggers "Chain Editing", AI automatically maintains lighting and perspective, ideal for rapid iteration of UI/event themes
File Support: Added support for PDF, HEIC, TIFF imports, and increased canvas file limit to 500MB
Multi-board Projects: Stay on Track in the Creative Ecosystem
Nested Structure: A single project can manage multiple theme boards (e.g., "Home Design Main Board → Color Sub-board → Material Sub-board")
Batch Variants: One-click "Regenerate 20" to generate similar images based on current style, convenient for comparison and decision-making
Collaboration: Shared links support comments @, version history tracking, and native integration with Google Drive
Openness and Community
Public Testing: Currently limited to US users, access labs.google/mixboard to try
Discord Community: Real-time updates and feature requests, with over 15,000 members within 3 days of launch
Roadmap: Launch "Team Space" + "Brand Templates" in Q1 2025, open API in Q2, allowing third-party SaaS to call the PPT generation function
Industry Implications: Visual AI Moves from "Generation" to "Integrated Delivery"
Mixboard combines images, text, and documents into one canvas, then outputs a presentation with a large model, effectively integrating Midjourney + Notion + PowerPoint into one browser tab. For visual-heavy fields like marketing, education, and product design, it compresses the process of "idea collection → visual iteration → story presentation" into 10 minutes, further lowering the barrier to creative production. AIbase will continue to track its API release and team pricing.
Experience URL: https://labs.google.com/mixboard/welcome
