xAI has made Imagine Image 2.0 generally available as the new Quality Mode, iOS, and Android apps. The update focuses on precise image generation and editing for professional creative workflows.
- Follows instructions closely, planning typography and layout like a designer to keep dense visuals coherent and text sharp.
- Adds tools for targeted changes: magic wand edits specific regions, segmentation selects areas, and background removal exports subjects with transparency.
- Supports multi-ref editing with up to 5 input images and allows generating images in any aspect ratio.
- Ranks second in the world in both text-to-image generation and image editing on Arena leaderboards as of Aug 7, 2026.
- Introduces templates for common workflows like photo editing, product shots, and game assets.
The model is trained for fidelity across photography, design, and illustration, treating editing as a first-class capability to support iterative creative processes.