Now that Pixel Studio can generate people, is it better than Apple or Samsung?

When Google announced its Pixel-exclusive take on an image generator, Pixel Studio, as part of the Pixel 9 series, I went in with high hopes, even listing it as one of the first things to do with a new Pixel 9. I wanted to find out just how strict Google’s content limitations were and how quickly I could find the limits of the Imagen 3 model’s creativity. It didn’t take long to get around many of those protections regarding intellectual property, but there was one Pixel Studio limit I couldn’t skirt — the ability to generate images of people. At least, not until now.

As part of the March Pixel Drop, all Pixel 9 devices with Pixel Studio can finally generate images of people — well, some people. But now that it seems like Google’s image generator might be back on equal footing with Apple’s Image Playground and Samsung’s Drawing Assist, it’s time to put them head-to-head-to-head… again.