Welcome back to our Weekly Social Media Bites! It's a brand new week and we have the latest snippets of what's happening in the social media sphere and adland below.
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Google Launches Nano Banana Pro AI Image Generation Assistant
Google has launched Nano Banana Pro, an upgraded AI visual tool for marketers that produces higher-quality brand images, multilingual variations, and consistent visuals across multiple references. It can generate infographics, explainers, prototypes, and convert sketches into polished renders, while allowing edits to angles, lighting, and color. Outputs are 2K/4K and social-ready, with SynthID watermarks for transparency. The tool is available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers and is being integrated into Google Ads for enhanced creative capabilities.
TikTok Adds Option To Limit AI Content in Feed
TikTok is adding a new AI-generated content limiter in its Manage Topics panel, letting users reduce how much AI video appears in their For You feed. The platform is also testing invisible watermarking on AI-made clips, alongside existing C2PA metadata and user-required labels, to improve detection and filtering across reposted content. This move follows similar AI-content controls from Pinterest, reflecting growing user resistance to “AI slop” in social feeds. TikTok is also launching a $2M fund to support creators who produce educational content on AI literacy and safety.
Meta Brings Enhanced HDR Dolby Vision Support to Instagram
Meta has upgraded Instagram’s iOS app to support Dolby Vision and ambient viewing environment (amve), enhancing how HDR videos appear on compatible devices. Since iPhones embed Dolby Vision and amve metadata by default, Instagram can now render brighter, more accurate color and contrast based on the viewer’s surroundings. Meta worked with Dolby and FFmpeg to preserve HDR metadata and enable proper playback, and plans to expand Dolby Vision support to more Meta apps soon.
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Klook, SOSD give Singapore’s street dogs a walk in the spotlight
Klook has launched “Singapore Special Walk”, a December weekend experience supporting Singapore’s mixed-breed street dogs. Attendees can take SOSD’s rescues on guided walks, join educational tours about rehabilitation, and end with a picnic and portrait session. The campaign raises awareness of the stigma around mixed-breed dogs and supports SOSD’s rescue efforts, reflecting Klook’s push for meaningful community experiences while showing these resilient dogs are just as lovable as any purebred.
Visa wants you to travel like Jennie, in latest 'Road to Ruby' campaign
Visa has launched its “Road to Ruby” campaign starring BLACKPINK’s Jennie Kim, tapping into excitement around the group’s APAC tour. The video, on Visa’s Instagram and TikTok accounts, follows Jennie through travel and tour scenes, highlighting ambition and perseverance, closing with “Dream like Jennie. Travel like Jennie. Pay like Jennie,” and directs viewers to Visa’s travel support page with tips and perks, building on Visa’s ongoing collaboration with Jennie and complementing its March global campaign reimagining “Everywhere you want to be.”
Heinz’s Playful Christmas Campaign in SE Asia Celebrates Family and Ketchup
Heinz has launched its Christmas campaign “It’s Heinz Season” in Thailand and the Philippines, highlighting family—and the family member who brings Heinz Ketchup to dinner. Set on Christmas Eve, the film follows the absent son rushing to join the festive meal with the ketchup, tapping into local pride in authentic food. This marks Heinz’s first unified through-the-line campaign across two Southeast Asian markets, emphasizing that a meal isn’t complete until everyone is present—and especially when Heinz Ketchup is on the table.
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